A Pakistan boy scores 221 in inter-school league, says wants to break all of Tendulkar’s records

The one aspect that binds the two countries India and Pakistan, is the game of Cricket and the one Indian man who gets a lot of love and respect from the rival country is Sachin Tendulkar. It was thus no surprise when yet another young Pakistani cricketer singled out Sachin Tendulkar as his cricketing hero. An inter-school Cricket tournament organized by the Pakistan Cricket Board has become a great platform for youngsters to not only showcase but also hone their skills. One such youngster is a 14-year-old Kamran Riaz from Islamabad.

Featuring for his school team from Islamabad College of Science and Arts, the young boy hit a brilliant double century in a 35 over match in which the opponents were Beacon House. The double century was studded with 40 boundaries, wreaking havoc on the bowlers.

A student of class 9, Kamran has three sisters and wants to bat like his cricketing idol Sachin Tendulkar. Not just that, he says he wants to achieve heights greater than Sachin and bring more pride to Pakistan than what Sachin brought to India.

“I have always watched Tendulkar’s batting and I want to become a batsman like Sachin,” Kamran said, “I want to play for Pakistan and want to break all the records set by Tendulkar, I want to bring all those records to Pakistan,” said the opening batsman.

The kid’s father Mohammad Riaz told Geo.tv revealed that he had started encouraging his son to take up cricket from a tender age of only 3, making him play with plastic bats and balls.

“I always wanted him to play Cricket, so I handed him plastic bats and balls when he was just three years old.”

Not just Kamran but children worldwide look up to Sachin for inspiration. But this particular kid wants to break all of Sachin’s records, that’s what they call some might and lofty dreams!