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[caption id="attachment_35693" align="aligncenter" width="580"] A waiter’s advice helped him to improve his batting, says Sachin. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is an inspiration for many cricketers across the world. He is the only batsman in the world, who have hundred international centuries in his kitty. But he revealed on Monday that during his career a waiter’s advice helped the Master Blaster overcome a batting flaw. Tendulkar was present launching his own sports equipment ‘Sachin by Spartan’ in Mumbai. “If you have an open mind you can develop so many things,” he is quoted as saying by the media, “In Chennai it was a waiter who came up to me and said if you don’t mind and don’t get offended I want to tell you something. I said go ahead. He said my elbow guard restricts my bat swing. And he was 100 percent right.” “I knew I was feeling uncomfortable but I never thought of doing it myself. A few years down the line I got hit a couple of times on my elbow guard and it hurt. That’s when I realized padding on elbow guard is inadequate. I instantly redesigned my elbow guard. I needed to re-open it and work on it. Get the fibre and cushion on either side to absorb the impact. In our country everyone from panwala to CEOs will give you advice. But one should still be open about ideas.” Sachin said that he had the tri-colour in his bat for his last match for India and that was for “thanking all those fans” who have stood by him throughout his long and glittering career.