Picture Credit: X

Picture Credit: X

The Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar took to his official X account to praise a young girl named Hurmat Irshad Bhat for her scintillating stroke play against the boys her age, smashing them all around the ground. The 50-year-old shared his happiness about seeing young girls playing cricket before stating that her video brought a smile to his face.

Hurmat Irshad Bhat is a native from Sopore in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, as per the news portal, Kupwara Times. They posted the 1:26 minute long video of the Kashmiri girl batting left-handed against the boys, lifting the ball to all corners of the field with a stylish bat swing to boot.

The post from Kupwara Times read, “Brilliant shots Played by Hurmat Irshad Bhat a little girl from #Sopore Kashmir J&K India.’

Sachin Tendulkar noticed the viral video circulating on the X platform, and upon watching it, he sent out a post to praise Hurmat Irshad Bhat for her batting. It read, “Always good to see young girls playing cricket. Watching videos like these brings a smile to my face.”

Moreover, in the recent past, Sachin Tendulkar was on a family trip in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, where he was seen spending time with the locals. The Master Blaster also played cricket with the people on the roads of Gulmarg, apart from visiting the final frontier on the Line of Control (LOC) in the Uri sector, the Aman Setu Bridge.