<p>Former India coach Greg Chappell feels the cricket phenomenon called Sachin Tendulkar the world saw could have turned out a bit different had he grown up in the current scenario influenced by the advent of Twenty20 cricket.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The big difference I guess from when Sachin was growing up is that back then he would have largely been watching Test cricket, and even one-day cricket as it was played had similarities to Test cricket in a lot of ways," Chappell has been quoted of saying by cricket.com.au.<br /><br />The former Australia captain, who was the coach of the Indian team from 2005-07, said Tendulkar's heroes would have been different had he been growing up in India currently as a cricketer instead of the mid-1980s.<br /><br />"His heroes, and the heroes of the guys he was playing against as a teenager, would have been the players who had established themselves primarily as Test cricketers. But as a young cricket fan today, particularly in India, you would be watching a lot of 20-over cricket.<br /><br />"And that in itself promotes the glamour and excitement of batsmen clearing the fence, and playing those sorts of innovative, higher-risk shots," said Chappell, who is currently Cricket Australia's National Talent Manager.<br /><br />"I have no doubt Sachin could cope with whatever form of the game he set himself for because of his incredible talent, but I guess the bigger question would be 'whose game would he choose to model himself on?'," asked Chappell.<br /><br />Tendulkar, who celebrated his 41st birthday yesterday, retired from all forms of cricket after turning out for a record 200th time in the second and final Test against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium here last November.<br /><br />He also played in 463 ODIs, the highest by any player, but featured in only one T20 International during his 24-year-old career stretching from 1989 to 2013.<br /><br />In all, the prolific batsman amassed a staggering 15,921 and 18,426 runs in Tests and ODIs, respectively with 100 centuries in both forms of the game. </p>
<p>Former India coach Greg Chappell feels the cricket phenomenon called Sachin Tendulkar the world saw could have turned out a bit different had he grown up in the current scenario influenced by the advent of Twenty20 cricket.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The big difference I guess from when Sachin was growing up is that back then he would have largely been watching Test cricket, and even one-day cricket as it was played had similarities to Test cricket in a lot of ways," Chappell has been quoted of saying by cricket.com.au.<br /><br />The former Australia captain, who was the coach of the Indian team from 2005-07, said Tendulkar's heroes would have been different had he been growing up in India currently as a cricketer instead of the mid-1980s.<br /><br />"His heroes, and the heroes of the guys he was playing against as a teenager, would have been the players who had established themselves primarily as Test cricketers. But as a young cricket fan today, particularly in India, you would be watching a lot of 20-over cricket.<br /><br />"And that in itself promotes the glamour and excitement of batsmen clearing the fence, and playing those sorts of innovative, higher-risk shots," said Chappell, who is currently Cricket Australia's National Talent Manager.<br /><br />"I have no doubt Sachin could cope with whatever form of the game he set himself for because of his incredible talent, but I guess the bigger question would be 'whose game would he choose to model himself on?'," asked Chappell.<br /><br />Tendulkar, who celebrated his 41st birthday yesterday, retired from all forms of cricket after turning out for a record 200th time in the second and final Test against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium here last November.<br /><br />He also played in 463 ODIs, the highest by any player, but featured in only one T20 International during his 24-year-old career stretching from 1989 to 2013.<br /><br />In all, the prolific batsman amassed a staggering 15,921 and 18,426 runs in Tests and ODIs, respectively with 100 centuries in both forms of the game. </p>