Sachin Tendulkar retired from cricket in 2013 and that hasn’t stopped the business world from paying attention to him. In 2026 he is one of India’s most trusted celebrity endorsers and one word that comes up repeatedly in every description of why brands want him is trust.

He built this trust by playing cricket at the highest level for twenty-four years without any scandals, controversies and no visible gap between who was on the field and who was off it. That consistency is what brands are buying when they sign him and in 2026 his portfolio includes automobiles, finance, education, jewellery, technology and food. He argues for the credibility of someone else’s choice in every category and what he is worth to those who need to borrow a little from him.

Apollo Tyres

He serves as the brand ambassador for Apollo Tyres and the campaign built around the partnership emphasizes sustainability, safety and high-performance driving. The alignment between man and product is direct. Apollo Tyres argues that what it builds is reliable under pressure and Tendulkar is the most recognizable embodiment of reliability under pressure that Indian sport has produced. Brand fit needs no explanation and the best brand fit never is.

Luminous Power Technologies

His relationship with Luminous dates back to 2010 making it one of the longest-running partnerships in their portfolio and a relationship that has endured throughout the arc of his playing career and continued even until his retirement. He promotes inverters, batteries and renewable energy solutions and the brand’s focus on reliable power products is squarely on the qualities that have always been represented by his name.

A brand that asks consumers to trust a vital item like electricity in their home needs a spokesperson whose credibility is not in question and has not been in question for a very long time.

Ageas Federal Life Insurance

He represents Ageas Federal Life Insurance in India and the campaign focuses on financial security and long-term protection for families and policyholders. Insurance is a category that runs entirely on trust because the product being sold is a promise about the future and promises require someone trustworthy to make them.

Their credibility with Indian families is as high as any public figure in the country and Ageas Federal uses that credibility to reach out to consumers who are making decisions about the security of their loved ones, which is exactly the kind of decision that always carries the weight of trust on their face.

Tanishq

His appearance in the campaigns for Tata Group jewellery brand Tanishq carries the weight of a heritage branding built around trust, tradition and milestone celebrations. Tanishq sells jewellery for the important moments of Indian family life and a man who has been a part of important moments of Indian public life for three decades is a natural fit for the position.

His respected public persona effortlessly complements the brand’s heritage and the premium image the brand cultivates is strengthened rather than complicated by his presence.

Spinny

The Spinny partnership is a different kind of relationship as Spinny is a digital platform for buying and selling used cars and is a startup rather than an established corporation. The campaign emphasizes transparent car transactions and credibility and their involvement is particularly about giving a young company the credibility needed to convince consumers to trust a purchasing category that has historically been suspect.

The used car business is built on the fear of being misled and the Indian public’s imagination is less likely to be misled.

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Unacademy

His partnership with online learning platform Unacademy places him in the education space where the campaign encourages students to gain knowledge and prepare for competitive exams. Their association reinforces the importance of education and mentorship and the message carries weight as his own career was based on discipline and dedication which students are asked to apply in their studies.

He is not a celebrity who has strayed into an edtech deal. He is a man whose entire public life has been an argument for what consistent efforts produce.

Hafele

German interior solutions company Hafele has signed him as a brand ambassador and the ads promote modular kitchens, fittings and smart home solutions. The premium positioning of the brand requires a face that the aspiring Indian consumer associates with sophistication and quality and whose image maintains those associations for a long time so that the association feels natural.

Hafele is a brand that sells the idea of ​​living well and thoughtfully, and he is someone who the Indian public has always looked up to as a man who has earned the right to do exactly that.

Bank of Baroda

In 2024 he became the brand ambassador of Bank of Baroda and the Play the Masterstroke campaign promotes digital banking and financial services to a customer base navigating an increasingly complex financial landscape. The public sector bank’s choice of him is a statement of the kind of trust it wants to convey which is not a fashionable trust or an aspirational trust but the deep and enduring kind that comes from seeing someone perform with consistency for decades.

His reputation helps build confidence among banking customers who are being asked to move their financial lives to digital platforms and that confidence is no small feat.

Gillette

His long association with Gillette men’s grooming products combines the brand’s message of precision shaving and confidence with the discipline and standards of a professional athletic life. Grooming brands that target men who take their appearance seriously need spokespersons whose connection to personal standards is visible and established, and has been visible and established for longer than most.

The link Gillette makes to sports in its campaigns is credible when the player it is associated with is the most decorated batsman the game has ever produced.

Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale

The partnership with Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale, a popular Maharashtra-based sweet brand, is the most locally rooted in the portfolio and that originality is the key point. The campaigns celebrate traditional Indian sweets and festive moments, and their connection to the cultural fabric of Maharashtra and Indian celebrations gives the brand a kind of national visibility that a regional company cannot buy through any other single spokesperson.

Their association helps expand the brand’s reach across the country, associating it with a name that every Indian household recognizes and almost every Indian household feels its warm embrace.