'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' which released on Friday, "[is] a love letter to cricket's sultan of swing", wrote The Guardian. "[It] tells the story with an unnatural amount of reverence", said Times of India. "You'll smile, sob and love this...film is an inadequate word. This is a pilgrimage", wrote NDTV. It was rated 3/5 (TOI, The Guardian), 4/5 (NDTV).