In a way, Sachin Tendulkar’s landmark 50th birthday, which fell on April 24, was celebrated again on Friday.

An evening function held at Sri Shanmukhananda Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Auditorium where the book, Scintillating Sachin—Story Beyond the Stats by Dwarkanath Sanzgiri, saw Tendulkar’s former India teammates Dilip Vengsarkar, Kiran More, Praveen Amre and Zaheer Khan speak on the batting maestro.