Sachin Tendulkar requested the CBSE to make sports period compulsory in all other sections also after CBSE’s made “Sports” period mandatory from class nine to twelfth. Cricket legend said that playing sports make people fit and healthy. Sachin Tendulkar further wrote to CBSE Chairman Anita Karwa, “A young, unfit, and unhealthy India is a recipe for disaster. To be able to tackle this issue, we must build…strong sporting culture.”