Test great caught by rural bus network
He is one of the greatest cricketers of all time, but Sachin Tendulkar was left completely stumped during a visit to a rural English village. The former India captain, 42, the highest-scoring batsman ever in Test cricket, asked for help on social media after appearing to get stuck in Great Haseley, near Oxford, on Saturday afternoon.He posted a montage of pictures for his more than 7million fans on Twitter and Instagram yesterday, showing him casually dressed at a rural English bus stop, accompanied by the message: "In Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. Missed the last bus, can anyone give me a lift??"The plea was retweeted more than 400 times and he was flooded with messages and offers of help.One Instagram user, Asher Mihir, wrote: "Sir @sachintendulkar: Giving you lift is equal to giving lift to GOD . I wish i could give lift ."Another, Sanjay Sinha, added: "As an Oxfordshire resident would have been there in a flash to rescue 'God' himself."It appears that Tendulkar, also nicknamed the Master Blaster, sorted himself out in the end. He tweeted a picture of himself in shades outside a church with the message: "Enjoyed Oxfordshire." ..
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