Mumbai: Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar’s humanitarian nature may have earned him fans across the globe. But the retired cricketer – who donates regularly for cancer patients and sponsors the education of underprivileged children through a Mumbai-based NGO (Apnalaya) – is yet to keep up the promise he made to Sakina Khatun –a para-athlete (a weightlifter).

Khatun had polio when she was one-and-a-half years old. But she fought all odds and won medals for India at the international level.

The 25-year-old met Tendulkar in New Delhi when the Master came to felicitate the Commonwealth Games medallists. Khatun – who won bronze in the sports event for para-athletes – impressed the cricketer. Her determination and courage stunned Tendulkar.

The cricketer had taken her phone number and assured her of a better life but Khatun is yet to hear from him. She has been looking for a job and lives a sorry life.

When she came to receive her award, she told the cricketer about her dreams which can only be fulfilled if she had a job.

"It was a great experience that my achievement was acknowledged by Sachin sir. I told him that I have been looking for a job for quite a long time but all my efforts have been futile. I don't even have a sponsor. He took my phone number and promised me that he will surely do something for me," Khatun told Mail Today.