'Yesterday (Sunday) while flying back from London to Washington DC, we spotted Sachin Tendulkar [Images] at Heathrow airport. He was flying back home after the India-England series. Despite being in a hurry to get on to the plane, he was very patient in posing for the pictures, especially for the first one, when the passerby photographer accidentally switched the camera off instead of pressing the click button,' writes Mahesh.

'This time my daughter Natasha had no qualms about posing for the picture (unlike the one with Hema Malini. She has no interest in cricket, but quickly recognised Sachin from her favorite television ad.'

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