SATARA, DEC 12 :Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday expressed confidence that given encouragement and scope to the children from rural areas, they will definitely shine at international level in various sports.

While addressing an inaugural function of rural indoor sports basketball and badminton centre at Mhaswad in Maan tehsil of the district built with the help of Sachin Tendulkar Foundation, he further said that this facility was part of a wider initiative to promote sports and physical education among rural youths, providing them a platform for development of their talent and community engagement.

Foundation founder and wife of Sachin, Dr Anjali Tendulkar, his daughter Sara Tendulkar, Chetan Sinha and others were present along with villagers.