NEW DELHI: Former India head trainer Anshuman Gaekwad had the most productive seat in the home as he witnessed Sachin Tendulkar’s “peak” from shut quarters within the past due 90s and early 2000s.
It was once a segment when Tendulkar made the most productive of the bowlers glance extraordinary, whether or not it was once taking Shane Warne to the cleaners on a turning observe, or negotiating Saqlain Mushtaq’s magical doosra.
In a talk with PTI forward of Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthday, Gaekwad fondly recalled the time spent within the dressing room with the little grasp all the way through the memorable house sequence in opposition to Pakistan in 1999, the ‘Desert Storm’ in Sharjah the yr earlier than, and his first assembly with a 15-year-old Sachin all the way through a Ranji Trophy recreation within the past due 80s.
Tendulkar was once a kid prodigy who made waves in Mumbai college cricket and going by means of Gaekwad’s first interplay with him, the “incredibly curious” child was once at all times destined for greatness.
“It makes me happy to say that we have played Ranji together, it was my last year. One of the Mumbai cricketers brought him to me (for advice). It was a game in Thane and I sat with him for about 45-45 minutes and the whole time he listened and did not blink once.
“That itself gave me a sign that he sought after to be someone within the recreation. He was once now not listening, it appeared as though he was once ingesting what I used to be pronouncing. Very affected person and concentrating,” said the former India opener who played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs.
Tendulkar made his Ranji debut aged 15 years and 232 days during the 1988–89 season, and soon after, he found himself facing the likes of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis in his debut series in Pakistan.
A decade later, Gaekwad shared the dressing room with Tendulkar during his two stints as India head coach between 1998 and 2000, covering some of the defining moments in the batting legend’s 24-year long international career.
The moments included India’s series win against Australia in 1998, when Warne toured the sub-continent for the first time, the drawn series against Pakistan, the Coco Cola Cup in Sharjah, and a disappointing campaign in the 1999 World Cup.
Besides his mastery with the bat, Gaekwad said the mere presence of Tendulkar on the field made a massive difference. One such instance was the Chennai Test against Pakistan that India lost despite one of the best knocks from a half-fit Tendulkar.
“Playing Pakistan is a huge deal. Sachin was once too vital a part of the workforce to be neglected for any reason why. He had again issues in that Test and I talked to him. I stated ‘I do not care what occurs, you stand within the slips and part the combat is received’.
“Unfortunately we lost the game but he was declared man of the match and he did not go to accept the award. I had to do that for him. It showed he was a total team man,” stated Gaekwad, relating to Tendulkar’s 136.
As the remainder of the batters struggled to pick out Saqlain’s doosra, Tendulkar learn him fantastically, one thing the Pakistan off-spinner has admitted publicly on a lot of events.
Another innings that got here to Gaekwad’s thoughts is the 155 in opposition to Australia within the Chennai Test in 1998.
“The way he hit Shane Warne all over the place on a turing track was amazing to see. Probably his best batting in limited overs cricket came in Sharjah when he hit those two hundreds. Till date it is the best I have seen in white ball cricket. He told me before hand that he would get those two hundreds and he got them.”
Gaekwad was once additionally round when Tendulkar returned to the 1999 World Cup in the United Kingdom following the dying of his father and scored an emotional hundred in opposition to Kenya.
EVEN WHEN HE PLAYED OTHER SPORTS, HE HATED LOSING
Tendulkar’s love for tune and meals is definitely documented however Gaekwad stated his character as an entire helped create a nice vive within the dressing room.
It was once a segment when Tendulkar made the most productive of the bowlers glance extraordinary, whether or not it was once taking Shane Warne to the cleaners on a turning observe, or negotiating Saqlain Mushtaq’s magical doosra.
In a talk with PTI forward of Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthday, Gaekwad fondly recalled the time spent within the dressing room with the little grasp all the way through the memorable house sequence in opposition to Pakistan in 1999, the ‘Desert Storm’ in Sharjah the yr earlier than, and his first assembly with a 15-year-old Sachin all the way through a Ranji Trophy recreation within the past due 80s.
Tendulkar was once a kid prodigy who made waves in Mumbai college cricket and going by means of Gaekwad’s first interplay with him, the “incredibly curious” child was once at all times destined for greatness.
“It makes me happy to say that we have played Ranji together, it was my last year. One of the Mumbai cricketers brought him to me (for advice). It was a game in Thane and I sat with him for about 45-45 minutes and the whole time he listened and did not blink once.
“That itself gave me a sign that he sought after to be someone within the recreation. He was once now not listening, it appeared as though he was once ingesting what I used to be pronouncing. Very affected person and concentrating,” said the former India opener who played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs.
Tendulkar made his Ranji debut aged 15 years and 232 days during the 1988–89 season, and soon after, he found himself facing the likes of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis in his debut series in Pakistan.
A decade later, Gaekwad shared the dressing room with Tendulkar during his two stints as India head coach between 1998 and 2000, covering some of the defining moments in the batting legend’s 24-year long international career.
The moments included India’s series win against Australia in 1998, when Warne toured the sub-continent for the first time, the drawn series against Pakistan, the Coco Cola Cup in Sharjah, and a disappointing campaign in the 1999 World Cup.
Besides his mastery with the bat, Gaekwad said the mere presence of Tendulkar on the field made a massive difference. One such instance was the Chennai Test against Pakistan that India lost despite one of the best knocks from a half-fit Tendulkar.
“Playing Pakistan is a huge deal. Sachin was once too vital a part of the workforce to be neglected for any reason why. He had again issues in that Test and I talked to him. I stated ‘I do not care what occurs, you stand within the slips and part the combat is received’.
“Unfortunately we lost the game but he was declared man of the match and he did not go to accept the award. I had to do that for him. It showed he was a total team man,” stated Gaekwad, relating to Tendulkar’s 136.
As the remainder of the batters struggled to pick out Saqlain’s doosra, Tendulkar learn him fantastically, one thing the Pakistan off-spinner has admitted publicly on a lot of events.
Another innings that got here to Gaekwad’s thoughts is the 155 in opposition to Australia within the Chennai Test in 1998.
“The way he hit Shane Warne all over the place on a turing track was amazing to see. Probably his best batting in limited overs cricket came in Sharjah when he hit those two hundreds. Till date it is the best I have seen in white ball cricket. He told me before hand that he would get those two hundreds and he got them.”
Gaekwad was once additionally round when Tendulkar returned to the 1999 World Cup in the United Kingdom following the dying of his father and scored an emotional hundred in opposition to Kenya.
EVEN WHEN HE PLAYED OTHER SPORTS, HE HATED LOSING
Tendulkar’s love for tune and meals is definitely documented however Gaekwad stated his character as an entire helped create a nice vive within the dressing room.
“He brought positive energy in the team. On tours, what I liked about him was that he wasn’t someone who would sit in the room. He would play tennis or any other game and always wanted to win there as well. He did not like losing. That is a big part of his personality.
“When he was once on my own within the room he would at all times have tune on. He would at all times iron his personal garments, by no means despatched them for washing and was once very specific about his dressing and cricketing apparatus. He was once anyone who you want to have to your workforce always.”