Sachin Tendulkar — A name which will be sung in the cricket history books for an eternity.
Sachin is arguably one of the best if not the best player India has ever produced. His glorious straight drives and phenomenal temperament is still alive in the minds and hearts of the cricket fans.
His image may appear to be a Godly one. However, Sachin is just a man and in his latest interview, he admitted it himself and said that he was going to quit cricket after his first-ever Test match innings against Pakistan.
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So what brought on such a change of heart for someone who lived only for cricket? Well, the answer to that is the fierce 2 Ws – Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.
Appearing on a show called Breakfast with Champions, Sachin said:
First innings of my life, in Karachi, I thought it would be my first and last innings. In the first match, I had no idea. Waqar (Younis) bowling from one end, Wasim (Akram) going full-throttle from the other. And they had just started reverse-ball. To go there and play suddenly, I was completely out of place.
Following an abysmal display, Tendulkar was rescued by his teammates who persuaded him not to lose faith in himself after just one international Test innings. His teammates, including some staff members, asked Sachin to give things more time.
I took advice from everyone in the dressing room and they told me to spend some more time on it. ‘This is international cricket. You’re playing possibly the best bowling attack in the world. Give them that respect.
The pressure of facing Wasim and Waqar at their peak was more than enough to terrorize any batsman. To face the duo on home soil? That is even more lethal. The two W’s swung the ball both ways and then made great use of reverse swing to break Tendulkar’s spirits.
However, the Master Blaster came back in the 2nd innings, where he scored a half-century which reinstated his belief in himself. He then went on to score a total of 100 centuries in international cricket.
Second innings of my life, I scored 59 runs. I got back to the dressing room and looked at myself and said, ‘you have done it’.
The Pak-Ind cricketers have always shown immense mutual respect for each other and that is because of the sheer talent both countries share. This is another one of those examples.
Bloody Click bait title !!!!!!
Kidher bola tha quit ???
cheap skills
Did you even read the article? Senior players at that time convinced him to give cricket more time. He planned his exit after the 1st innings.
Kindly read before you mouth off criticism with no basis. Thanks.
I think you never learned to read between the lines.
Go read the quote again and then force your brain to understand the meaning rather than just reading the words. If your brain gets exhausted in the process then ask a friend to use his own brain and translate it for you.
Oh, but make sure your friend doesn’t have the same habit of just reading the words.
If my advice didn’t work, then you’re welcome to write another poisonous message here. I won’t get irritated because I know the state of your mind.
You’re an anonymous profile who claims to know ‘my state of mind’ after my one response, which was not even directed towards you. I don’t think I have anything further to say to you. :)
Hey Zarar, I replied to Zaheer, not you :( Check my comment again. I was telling him to learn between the lines and that don’t criticize others for things you don’t know. So really disappointed :(
One more thing. Guest profile doesn’t necessarily mean one has to hide something or has read your blog for the first time. They may simply don’t like using disqus.
It’s not professional to state that you’re anonymous so I’m not going to reply to you. Check the reputed national and international magazines using disqus who have nearly half of their comments as anonymous and they still engage with them. That’s how you grow–by tackling criticism, not by running away from it. Right?
THat’s really unfortunate, you tried to defend him and he turned on you, then didn’t even bother to accept his mistake. Haha!
That’s ProPk my friend! They don’t take things serious here and so do you.
I never accepted indian batsmen as a show of talent,,
they always play in their own conditions otherwise they dont play, for example they have denied to ever play in sharjah,,,
Propakistani bhi lagta hai ab urdu point ko follow karne laga hai :D