Sachin Tendulkar has been selected by as the country’s No. 1 role model of health and happiness in a nation-wide survey conducted by a health magazine in India.
The distinguished Batsman was surprised and honored to hear about this feat himself.
Tennis player Sania Mirza is the only woman to be voted among the top 10 role models of health and happiness when majority of the top role models that India has chosen are from cricket, Katri said.
The was conducted by global research firm Synovate for the Complete Wellbeing magazine and interestingly, it was conducted before Sachin became the highest Test run-scorer and before his 40th Test century.
Other prominent personalities like APJ Abdul Kalam and Amitabh Bachchan have emerged among the top three role models across categories, along side Sachin.
Salman Khan, Sharukh Khan, Sonia Gandhi, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Anil Ambani also featured in the survey.