I am a huge fan of Gavaskar, Tendulkar: Pichai

Describing himself as a huge fan of cricket, technology giant Google's chief Sundar Pichai said he wanted to be a cricketer in his childhood, revering legends like Sunil Gavaskar in his growing years.Talking to students at Shri Ram College, the India-born CEO reminisced his childhood days in Chennai."I did dream of being a cricketer like so many Indians. I used to be a huge fan of (Sunil) Gavaskar when he was playing and later, Sachin (Tendulkar) when he played. I always had a dream," he said.The 43-year old IIT-Kharagpur alumni said he enjoys watching test and one-day cricket matches, but not the faster format of T20 matches.The executive, who is on his maiden visit to India after taking over as the CEO of Google in August, also took out time to play cricket at India Gate with a few local residents.Pichai is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee later.