No inspiration in the dressing room once Sachin retires: Dravid

One of the greatest batsmen Dravid recalled Tendulkar, as a teammate, was always approachable and remained grounded despite being a superstar.

"Sachin was always approachable. He would make you feel extremely comfortable. If he would have carried on as a superstar, no one would have been able to stop him in the Indian dressing room," he said.

"He is a superstar, no doubt about it. The way he presented himself shows that Indian cricket could achieve a lot, grow around him. He helped Indian cricket have a successful period for the last decade and a half or so," he added.

Dravid said he knew that the time for Tendulkar to draw curtains on his long and illustrious career was quite close but he had no inkling that the veteran would decide to bid adieu with the home series against the West Indies next month.

"You knew that it was going to happen sooner rather than later. There were indications that he would finish it but he would finish that with the West Indies tour, I did not get that inkling," said Dravid