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“I am cooking, cleaning the house, watering the plants. This closure has allowed me to be with my children (Sara and Arjun), who are now over 20 years old. It is difficult for them to stay home at night.” They want to catch up with their friends and do their own things. However, this blockade has allowed me and Anjali (his wife) to spend time with them. Similarly, my mother is also spending more time with me, “Tendulkar told TOI in an interview. It’s time to reflect for your company, SRT Management too.
“It’s about giving people back in any way we can, which is important. We are also planning something for the future. We have also been able to convey messages from our government on a number of important issues.”
Tendulkar is famous for having a memory similar to that of a computer and remembers every dismissal of his. So for a change, we decided to put Master Blaster in place and have him remember some of his memorable bowling efforts. After all, he took a trip to the famous MRF Pace Academy in Chennai to become a bowler.
ODI
VS WEST INDIES, TRI-SERIES, PERTH: 1991, A TIE-TANIC MATTER
Defending 126 in an inflatable WACA, India ran out of all four of its rhythm bowlers at age 40. In desperation, Captain Mohammad Azharuddin threw the ball at Tendulkar to launch the 41st. Anderson Cummins and Patrick Patterson were the last pair. The 18-year-old had Cummins caught by Azhar in the first slip of the last ball at the end. Windies finished at 126, and the match was tied.
“Patterson had played a drive-off of the previous ball. Subroto was stopped halfway and Pravin Amre was in midfield. The hitters could have taken the fourth run, because Amre and Banerjee were suffering from cramps. He was yelling, ‘Save a career … you never know. They managed to save that race. On the next ball, I got Cummins out, “he said.
LAST HEROICS IN HERO CUP SEMIS VS SA, KOLKATA, 1993
India made 195, before restricting South Africa to 193 by nine, for a two-race victory. With the Proteas needing only six, Tendulkar lost the last game of the match. “I started the game by bowling (Brian) McMillan. There was a leak. Then I threw three balls of points at Allan Donald. Then the next ball he hit for a long time for a solo. Then the last ball ended up bowling McMillan, “recalls Tendulkar. Suddenly, bowling in the 50th game was not easy. “It was a cold November night in Kolkata. Since I had not played a bowling alley, my hands froze. It took a good two or three minutes to warm up. And then it was mind games: reading each other’s minds, what they are looking to do. I didn’t want to take any steps at Donald. I knew McMillan was his main striker. Donald was never going to hit a limit. He would try a single. And if I sewed the bowl, then it would be easier for him to hit me. So I tried keep the ball slow and mix my rhythm, “he recalled.
Tendulkar would also contribute in the final, castling Brian Lara (33).
LEG-SPIN A DERECHOS, OFF-SPIN A LEFTIES IN KOCHI VS AUS, 1998
Chasing 310, Australia was sailing in one stage, before Tendulkar took 5-32 to help India win by 41 runs. “They were well placed at 180 for two on day 28 when I entered the bowl. At that time, a left-handed and a right-handed were in the fold. I decided to rotate the leg of the bowl to the right-handed and out of the left-handed turn. I had planned with Nayan Mongia (week).
“Because Michael Bevan was coming out even before the ball was thrown, I indicated to Mongia that ‘if he comes out, I will crash out of the stump of my leg.’ And it actually happened that way. It was one of those days when my leg was spinning in the right place and I got the ball to spin and bounce a little bit, “he said.
ANOTHER FIVE BY KOCHI: THIS TIME VS PAK, 2005
Kochi proved to be lucky a second time for spinner Tendulkar. On April 2, 2005, it took 5-50 to launch India to an 87-run victory over Pakistan in the first ODI in the series. Chasing 282, Pakistan had plummeted to 64-4.
“My spell was crucial. I thought I should experiment. So, I went around the gate to throw all my punches to the right-handed. Since I was making the ball spin a little bit, I thought I was going to throw and sweep. A spinning wrist always it bounces off Kochi’s gate. So I knew if I could bounce, there was a good chance that hitters could hit the ball while looking to sweep. ”
TESTS
TRAPPING STEVE WAUGH AND MARTYN, ADELAIDE, 2003
While Rahul Dravid (233 and 72 *) aptly received all the praise for winning that Test for India, Tendulkar contributed the crucial wickets of Australian Steve Waugh and Damien Martyn in the second inning, as Australia were eliminated by 196. Coincidentally, both they were brilliantly caught by Dravid in the lone slide. “In the second inning, we got four early wickets, and there was a 65-run partnership between Waugh and Martyn for the fifth wicket. Then I was able to get both of them. Since I was able to get the turn, I wanted to tempt them to lead. If Anil (Kumble ) bowling, possibly they would have blocked the ball, but with a part-time bowler, there is a temptation to do so. Since I don’t cast long spells, I ‘have a license to experiment.’
WHEN A MOVE KHAN FROM FOXLY FROM FOODLY IN MULTAN, 2004
In response to India’s huge 675-5 total declared, Pakistan was sailing when Tendulkar came to play on the last day of the third day. He released a sultry Moin Khan with a superb googly. “There were a lot of mind games played before that. I kept telling him I’m going to throw the ball up. He responded by saying, ‘If you do that, I’m going to hit you for a six.'” I said, ‘I dare you to hit me a six.’ It was not abusive. He knew he was preparing to fill the ball or leave it, because he was making the ball spin. He had two fielders caught in the slip and the creek. I thought I would cheat on the bowling alley. a googly and kept an extra slip. He did not expect it and his jaw dropped. ”
TRIPLE STRIKE AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN THE EDEN GARDENS, KOLKATA, 2001
While VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Harbhajan Singh are correctly recognized as the heroes of that famous victory in the second Test against the Australians, few remember that Tendulkar had contributed 3-31 in the second innings, as the Australians were 212 and India recorded a famous 171-race victory. The victims of the little genius were Mathew Hayden (67), Adam Gilchrist (0) and Shane Warne (0), all three are so good! “You know, I wasn’t supposed to play, because we had limited limits to getting the Aussies out. Hayden was hitting right. We needed to change Bhajji’s ending. I came for it. That’s when I chose a wicket, and another wicket, and then another. So, I just kept bowling, “he said.
SOME JOY IN A HEART AGAINST PAKISTAN, CHENNAI, 1999
While everyone remembers Tendulkar’s masterful 136 against Pakistan in the fourth inning at Chennai in January 1999 in a futile chase, the big man reminds you of what else he did in that game. “I fired Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf in the second inning. Inzamam really spoke to me multiple times,” said Tendulkar, beaming with pride.
