Saqlain Mushtaq reveals the incident after which he never sled with Sachin Tendulkar – CricketTimes.com

Only a few hours later, Sachin Tendulkar He turned 47, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, he did not celebrate his birthday. However, his fans around the world remembered the famous India vs. Australia ODI game held in Sharjah when the cricket world saw the desert storm, which was later replaced as Storm Sachin.

On the special day, Sachin demolished the Australian bowling attack in the Coca-Cola Cup final in 1998. He broke 134 of 131 balls and helped India record a memorable victory over Australia.

Aside from the fans, Pakistani legend Saqlain Mushtaq He also reviewed some memories on Sachin’s birthday. The genius spinner revealed an incident related to the sled, which left him extremely embarrassed.

The episode took place during the Sahara Cup tournament in Canada when Saqlain thought about sledding Sachin. The veteran bowler said he was new and thought it would be helpful to sled “Master Blaster”, but the latter approached him and asked why he was doing this. Saqlain said those words left him embarrassed and that he had no answer to Sachin’s question.

“It was new when I first sledged it. If I remember correctly, it was the 1997 edition. Sachin approached me in silence and said: “I never misbehaved with you, why are you misbehaving with me?” I was so embarrassed that I didn’t know what to tell him, “Saqlain said as quoted by IT.

Saqlain expressed that he apologized to Sachin and that after that event he never cheated on the hitting phenomenon, even when the Indian master took him to the dry cleaner.

“He said, ‘I rate you as a person and a player.’ I was so embarrassed that I never sled him again. I can’t tell you what I said, but I apologized to him after the game. After that, even when I was tearing myself apart. everywhere, I never thought about sledding it, ”added Saqlain.

The 43-year-old also dropped his opinion on Sachin’s hitting and said he was probably the best hitter who could read ‘Doosra’, a type of bowler delivery that spins in the opposite direction of a hitter. off break. Saqlain also hailed Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Azharuddin as quality hitters.

“The eye is a gift from God. Each hitter sees things differently; some choose faster than others. Sachin’s eye was very sharp. Many times, even before taking my step, he knew what he was going to do, be it a Doosra, a topspin or a conventional off-spin, the positioning of his foot was perfect. Rahul (Dravid) was also very good, Azhar (Azharuddin) paaji too, “concluded the former Pakistani international.