The setting was Lord’s on a chilly autumn evening, but for a few moments Sachin Tendulkar was back in Mumbai.

His home city, and the city where the greatest modern cricketer completed the greatest triumph of his career, winning the World Cup in 2011.

On the eve of the current World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, Tendulkar gave The Telegraph an exclusive interview in which he shared his memories of winning the last tournament: the strain of carrying the hopes of a billion Indians, the euphoria of securing victory over Sri Lanka in the final.