The News Minute | July 23, 2014 | 4:04 PM IST Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday spoke about Maria Sharapova's controversial statement - Who is Sachin Tendulkar? Sachin has reacted saying that he didn't find it disrespectful that Maria Sharapova, international Russian tennis player did not know who he was or that she did not follow cricket. He said this during an interview to NDTV. During the time when Sharapova made the comment, Sachin's "fans" had blasted the Russian athlete on her Facebook page and in the social media. Sharapova made the statement during a post match press conference at the Wimbledon that she did not know who was Sachin Tendulkar.At the time, Tendulkar was in the Royal Box with former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss.