Tendulkar to launch food chain

Mumbai, July 20: Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian sensation who has scored more runs in one-day matches than any other cricketer in history, has now set his sights on scaling culinary heights. The 29-year-old master blaster, whom many consider the world's best batsman playing today, is getting ready to launch a chain of gourmet restaurants in India and later, in other cricketing nations such as England and Australia.

"Sachin is very passionate about food and is a connoisseur," leading Bombay restaurateur Sanjay Narang, who will team up with the cricketer for this enterprise, said.

Narang, who owns a range of eateries from the hip to the elegant, will manage the venture, in which Tendulkar is the majority shareholder.

The first "Tendulkar's" will open in October in an upmarket Bombay locality, a stone's throw from the historic Gateway of India, an arched doorway framing the Arabian sea. Bureau Report