Honestly I didn’t even know Sachin Tendulkar was married until this morning when that stupid trending topic popped up. Saw “Sachin Wife Age Gap” and thought wait, what? Started clicking around like mad but kept landing on gossip rubbish sites asking for surveys.
Got so bloody tired of it I decided to dig myself. First tried searching just “Sachin wife” – boom, Anjali Tendulkar’s name shows up. Obvious next step was checking both birthdays. Took three tries because Wikipedia kept freezing on my cheap phone. Sachin born April 1973. Anjali? February 1969. Did quick maths right there in bed: she’s about 4 years older than him.
Then my brain went sideways remembering my own cousin sister. She married a guy 5 years younger back in 2000. Whole family went nuts saying “Woman older is bad luck!” Aunt even cried at the wedding. Meanwhile these cricket legends been together since 1995 looking perfectly fine.
Found their actual marriage certificate pics – April 1995 it was. Sachin was near 22, Anjali almost 26. Honestly just normal people stuff! Here’s what makes sense:
- Met through doctors – she’s daughter of a cricketer’s doc, Sachin hurt his nose
- Dated secretly 5 years because Sachin’s dad was strict
- Anjali actually quit her medical career to handle his brand stuff
Suddenly my mum shouts from kitchen “Still researching gossip huh?” Made me jump! Told her its about age gaps she just laughed saying “See? Your Aunty was wrong all along!” Family group still arguing about this stupid age thing today. Main point is Sachin-Anjali makes it work 30 years later. Love’s messy maths anyway.
Funny part? Spent three hours on this rabbit hole just because Twitter showed me one stupid headline. Could’ve finished my taxes instead. But hey now I know Sachin’s better at picking wives than our whole extended family combined.
