Sachin Tendulkar

        As master blaster Sachin Tendulkar completed 40, his fans expressed their love and admiration for the cricketing icon through popular social networking site Facebook.

Facebook pages of Tendulkar fans sported a festive look with hundreds of posts and pictures wishing Sachin Tendulkar many happy returns of the day.

Most pages posted the picture of Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali cutting a 5kg birthday cake at the ITC Sonar Kolkata Wednesday.

Some found a unique way of wishing their hero on his birthday. A collage with pictures of the record-breaking cricketer from different periods of his career along with a birthday wish on the page "Sachin Tendulkar Fans" had 514 likes and counting.

The same page also had an innovative comic strip with Ravindra Jadeja and Chris Gayle wishing Tendulkar a happy birthday that attracted more than 1300 likes.