Sachin Tendulkar is hailed as the God of cricket, and people from across the world aspire to be like him. While he had a humble beginning, his mindset was always clear: he wanted to excel in his cricket game from a young age. Regarding his personal life, Sachin fell in love with Anjali Mehta, who was four years his senior. But it was his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta, who wanted her daughter to get married to a tall, handsome man.

Annabel Mehta is a British national, born and brought up in Solihull, England, but fell head over heels in love with a young boy, Anand Mehta. She was then Annabel Lancaster and was completing her postgraduate studies in social administration at the London School of Economics, where she met Anand from Mumbai, who belonged to a Gujarati industrialist family.

Annabel Lancaster, the youngest of her three siblings, faced considerable resistance from her family when it came to her decision to settle in India. She was already working and had her own little car and a tiny flat, but she gave it up all to be with Anand Mehta. In an interview with Rediff, Annabel talked about her decision to move to India and said: