NEW DELHI: On the instance of Sachin Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthdaythe cricket fraternity prolonged their absolute best needs to the grasp blaster in their very own approach and a few recalled the fond recollections that they had with the sports activities’ probably the most absolute best batters.
Former India middle-order batsman Mohammad Kaif additionally went down the reminiscence lane to recall an incident how Sachin wowed him along with his meticulous method, long ago in 2002.
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On his fiftieth birthday Sachin Tendulkar lists his absolute best ODI 50s for TOI
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The first knock indexed by means of the Master Blaster is the 52* in opposition to a high quality bowling line-up of Pakistan in a tri-series at Sharjah in 1991. The innings used to be performed in opposition to the likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed , and Imran Khan.
Sachin performed a super knock of 52* runs off 40 balls at a SR of 130 with 5 fours. The innings propelled India to 238/4 and helped them win by means of 60 runs. This win additionally broke the jinx of dropping to Pakistan in Sharjah.
Another particular knock on the subject of his center is the 62 off 73 balls in opposition to the Proteas on the Eden Gardens in 1991. It used to be South Africa’s first fit after their readmission to world cricket and it used to be Tendulkar’s first large war of words in opposition to Allan Donald.< br />
Chasing 179 in 47 overs, ‘White Lightning’ blew away India’s most sensible order lowering them to 60/4. But Tendulkar scored 62 runs off 73 balls at an SR of 84.93 with 8 fours and a six. India received by means of 3 wickets. Both Tendulkar and Donald shared the Man of the Match award.
A neck damage to common opener Navjot Singh Sidhu made the Indian control comply with Tendulkar’s request to open the innings and what adopted used to be merely carnage.
Tendulkar performed a rampant innings of 82 off 49 balls at an SR of 167.34 with 15 fours and a few sixes. India received comprehensively by means of 7 wickets and Tendulkar used to be named the Man of the Match.
Tendulkar famously published how he could not sleep the night time sooner than essentially the most nervous come across in opposition to Pakistan within the 2003 World Cup at Centurion. Pakistan scored 273/7 due to a fantastic innings of 101 runs by means of Saeed Anwar.
In answer, Sachin, enjoying in opposition to the tearaway rapid bowler Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram, Abdul Razzak, and Waqar Younis, performed some superb strokes and the long-lasting upper-cut off Akhtar for 6. Sachin failed to attain a century by means of simply 2 runs however his contribution prepared the ground for India to win by means of 6 wickets. Sachin scored 98 off 75 with 12 fours and a six.
Sachin’s first come across in opposition to the West Indies used to be long ago within the 1992 international cup at Wellington. It used to be no longer a just right time out for the little grasp as he used to be brushed aside by means of Curtly Ambrose with a attractiveness.
But after 4 years in 1996 in Gwalior, Sachin perfected his report in opposition to West Indies, scoring 70 off 91 at an SR of 76.92 with 8 fours. India received the sport by means of 5 wickets.
“I remember when I made my ODI debut in Kanpur, there was a sports day celebration at school and someone asked me to get a message from Sachin Tendulkar,” Kaif recalled in an interplay with PTI.
Kaif asked the cricket icon to write down “two lines” for the kids, and in flip he got here with a 15-line message.
“Back in those days, you didn’t have a mobile phone with you, that you could record and send across anything. So, he wrote a letter himself,” Kaif persisted.
“I told him, ‘Paaji you just need to write two lines’, but he went on to write as many as 15 lines to wish the school kids.”
“This highlighted the fact that if you ask him to do even a small favor, he would do it in a proper way,” Kaif added.
“He was a great player but an equally humble person. We say that when a tree starts bearing fruits, it bends down. Sachin saab has been like that for me in my career,” Kaif, who’s commenting for Star Sports within the ongoing IPL mentioned.
“We all were lucky to have got to play with him and we learned a lot from him. He was a role model for everyone; not just me, but for (MS) Dhoni, (Virat) Kohli, Rohit Sharma and they all take his name.
“India used to be fortunate to have unearthed this sort of nice participant and I need to thank him,” Kaif signed off.
(With PTI inputs)
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