The Indian batting legend, Sachin Tendulkar, recently revealed that he was not able to cough or sleep for a month after being hit in the ribcage by Shoaib Akhtar. Tendulkar said that during Pakistan’s tour of India in 2007, he was hit by the world’s fastest bowler, which went onto trouble him for the next few months.
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“I got hit in my rib cage in 2007. We were playing Pakistan in India and in the first over itself I got hit in the rib cage off a Shoaib Akhtar ball. It was quite painful. For a month and a half or two months, I was not able to cough or sleep on my tummy,” Tendulkar said.
Tendulkar said that although he was unable to function properly, he kept on playing without taking time off and played the entire series against Pakistan and then against Australia on India’s tour down under.
The little maestro revealed that he was unaware of the magnitude of the injury at the time and only found out when he underwent a full-body scan upon his arrival in India after the tour of Australia.
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Rawalpindi Express, Shoaib Akhtar, and Sachin Tendulkar shared one of the fiercest rivalries on the cricket pitch, and both the players have revealed on numerous occasions how they were motivated to perform when facing each other.
Both Shoaib and Tendulkar had glittering careers, with Shoaib registering the fastest delivery in the world and Tendulkar scoring the most number of runs in Test and ODI cricket.
