It takes lot to bowl over Sachin Tendulkar as bowlers around the world would confess but tennis ace Roger Federer managed to do it just by his knowledge of cricket when the two legends caught up during the Wimbledon.

Tendulkar, a self-confessed Federer fan, met the winner of 16 Grand Slams at the All England Club after the world number three beat David Nalbandian to advance to the fourth round of Wimbledon.

Tendulkar chatted for an hour with the Swiss and posed with him for the shutterbugs.

“Spent an hour with Roger Federer chatting on the balcony of Wimbledon Royal box. What a humble guy! And by the way he knows a lot about cricket!!” Tendulkar later tweeted.

The two reportedly also had dinner together after Federer’s match.

Federer too talked about his meeting with Tendulkar on his facebook page.

“Today was a special day, played a good match and had the chance to catch up with the great indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar,” read the status message on his facebook page.

India’s Sachin Tendulkar poses with the trophy after winning the Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka in the backdrop of the Gateway of India monument in Mumbai, India, Sunday, April 3, 2011. 2011 was Tendulkar’s last Cricket World Cup tournament and India won the Cup for the first time in 28 years.

India’s cricketer Yuvraj Singh kisses the ICC Cricket World Cup trophy during a photo call at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai on April 3, 2011.

Sachin Tendulkar was declared the Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year as well as the Castrol Test Batsman of the Year 2009 at the Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence held in Mumbai on Friday (28-January-2011) night.

He was also felicitated with a Special Award for his double record feat of becoming the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs and to score 50 test centuries.

Commenting on the award, Sachin said, ‘The Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence are really special. The Castrol Awards are the premier awards for Indian cricketers for over ten years now and what makes them special are that they are based on recognition by my peers – fellow cricketers who understand the game and the pressures that go into every performance’.