A video of a specially-abled kid playing cricket like a boss has been going viral lately. In fact, we too had covered it a few days' ago saluting the spirit of the young lad and now it seems to have caught the 'God of Cricket' Sachin Tendulkar's attention. The maestro chose to extend New Year's greetings in a most inspirational manner. He shared a video of a disabled child named Madda Ram, who is playing cricket with his friends. The boy can be seen scrambling hard between the wickets despite not having legs. The video clip has been inspiring many and the legendary Indian batsman is one of them. The 46-year old said that the effort of the child warmed his heart and will warm of the other viewers too. New Year 2020: Virat Kohli, PV Sindhu, Sachin Tendulkar and Other Sports Personalities Wish Fans a ‘Happy New Year.’

“Start your 2020 with the inspirational video of this kid Madda Ram playing cricket with his friends. It warmed my heart and I am sure it will warm yours too,” read the caption of the video posted by the Master Blaster on Twitter. In the video, the boy can be seen hitting the ball on the leg side and then scrambling for runs between the wickets. The kid was leaving no stones unturned to give a tough competition to the bowling side and the clip could well motivate many other specially-abled persons to do something significant in life.'

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Tendulkar, who himself is a huge lover of the gentlemen’s say was certainly amused by the will of the child and shared the clip with an inspiring message. Regarded as one of the best batsmen to have graced the game, the former right-handed batsman bid adieu to the international cricket in November 2013 but not before piling 34357 runs in international cricket, the most by any batsman. The batting legend was also known for his mental grit and toughness as he also dealt with many injuries in his career span of 23 years but that didn’t restrict him to achieve great heights.

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