India cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar being lifted on the shoulders of his teammates after their World Cup🧔 (WC) triumph at home in 2011 was voted the best sporting moment in the last 20 years at Laureus World Sports Awards held in Berlin on Monday.
The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual award ceremo🌳ny honoring individuals and teams from the world of sports along with sporting achievements throughout the year. It was established in 1999 by Sport for Good Foundation founding patrons Daimler and Richemont.
“It is incredible. The feeling of winning the World Cup was beyond what words can express. How many times [can] you get an event happening where there are no mixed opinions? Very rarely, the entire country celebrates,” Tendulkar said. “And this is a reminder of how powerful a sport is, and what magic it does to our lives. Even now, when I watch that, it has stayed with me,” said Tendulkar after receiving the award.
in honour of Nelson Mandela and the incre♌dible power of sport to unite and inspire 👏— Laureus (@LaureusSport)
Indian captain Virat Kohli was one amongst those who lifted Tendulkar on the shoulders after winning the WC. Kohli congratulated the Indian cricket legend on Twitter and said: Congratulations, Sachin paaji, on being honored with the prestigious Laureus Sporting Moment Award. ✱A great achievement and a proud moment for our nation.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
Sensational batsman KL Rahul also wished the ‘master blaster’ and showed agreement with him tha༺t Sport haꦚs the power to unite everyone.
paaji. 🙏Spoꦿrt has the power to unite us and congratulations on winning the 2000- 2020 award. ⛎👏👏
— K L Rahul (@klrahul)
Here are other cricketers who congratulated Tendulkar:
. Congratulations paaji!— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
sir on winning the 2000 – 2020 award. 👏👏— Kuldeep yadav (@imkuldeep18)
hold the World💟 Cup.🌄 The memory has been imprinted in my mind forever! Such a powerful speech. Congratulations Sir.
— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket)
paa😼ji! We knew the award was coming home! Waking up to a wonderful news.— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
. You never fail to make the nation proud.That moment from WC11 still gives us goosebumps, such an emotional & overwhelming memory for all of us.
So wonderful to see🐬 more & more feath🃏ers added to your cap!
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
s 🌸to be lifted by his team mates. Per꧙severance pays. Well done champ on the award— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc)
. You've made all the Indians 🇮🇳 proud once again!So happy for you Master! 😊
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)
paaji on winning the 2000- 2020 award. 👏👏— Umesh Yaadav (@y_umesh)
paaji for award ❤️❤️👏👏👏🙌. ✊✊— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
