Sharing your birthday with Sachin is one thing and cutting a cake with him another. Mary Serrao, an avid fan of the Little Master, was in seventh heaven when MiD DAY introduced them yesterdayu00a0u00a0u00a0

Mary Serrao (86) only shared her birthday with cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar. But all that changed yesterday when the 86-year-old avid fan of the Master Blaster met him. She shared with him what her daughter defines as "the greatest moment of her life".



Mary could not thank MiD DAY enough, for fulfilling her wish of meeting Sachin. On April 24, the day Sachin turned 36, MiD DAY carried a front-page article 'Sach a crazy fan' about Mary, who knows all his records at the tip of her tongue.u00a0u00a0
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Yesterday, Mary met her 'God' at Bandra's Mehboob Studio where he was shooting for a commercial. And she was bowled over.u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0

Endless night

Excited about the prospect of meeting Sachin, Mary could not sleep on Tuesday night and kept her family up as well. Said her daughter Cecilia Miranda, "She woke up at 3.30 am and again at 5.30 am and kept telling us: C'mon, c'mon, we have to meet Sachin."u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0

Make a wish: Mary and Sachin, who share birthdays, cut a cake at Bandra's Mehboob Studio yesterday. Keeping up with the birthday ritual, the grandma fed a piece of cake to the cricketer