How Sachin's Hero stopped him from retiring in 2007

The book "Playing it my way" sails you through the milestones in the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar's Life

The controversy between Chappell - Ganguly is one of the most talked about cricket controversies in cricket history. Chappell was appointed coach of the Indian cricket team on a 2-year contract in 2005. Many of the Indian cricketers during this ERA commented this as the uncomfortable phase of their career.
Sachin in his book has quotes that

 Chappell has visited Sachin's home with a request to take over the captaincy from Rahul Dravid and told that both of them can rule the cricket world together for years.

 Tendulkar has declined this request. Players like Ganguly, Zaheer Khan were sidelined and players like Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh were chased.

With all those pressure going around on Indian dressing room,  India failed to move on from the group stage after losing two of their three matches in the 2007 world cup.

The little master was depressed and started thinking of retirement until his childhood hero Viv richards called him.

Here is the extract of Sachin notation on his retirement from the book "Playing it my way"

After we returned to India, the media followed me back home and it hurt when I heard my own people doubting the commitment of the players. The media had every right to criticize us for failing, but to say we were not focused on the job was not fair. We had failed to fulfil the expectations of the fans, but that didnot mean we should be labelled traitors. At times the reaction was surprisingly hostile and some of the players were worried about their safety. Headlines like ‘Endulkar’ hurt deeply. After eighteen years in international cricket, it was tough to see things come to this and retirement crossed my mind.

All in all, I was in a bad state after the 2007 World Cup. I was not enjoying my cricket at all and was thinking about retiring - until I received some encouraging words from Viv Richards. Out of the blue, he called me in India from the West Indies and we spoke for about forty-five minutes. He assured me that there was a lot of cricket left in me and insisted that I shouldn’t even think about stopping playing. Viv was my hero when I was growing up and he will always be a hero, no matter what success I’ve achieved myself. We have got to know each other well over the years and whenever we meet, he treats me like his younger brother and I treat him like my older brother.