Sachin Tendulkar, known as the God of Cricket, is considered one of the most incredible batters in the world and the ambassador of this gentleman’s cricket. Sachin is regarded as a very gentle cricketer.
He usually stays away from any splinter. Recently Saqlain Mushtaq also testified about this. He said that when he sledged Sachin, he said that he respects him as a player and he never did any sledging with you, so why are you doing it?
After this answer from Sachin, Saqlain was so embarrassed that he never sledged Sachin again. But do you know that Sachin Tendulkar also has a sledge? Sachin Tendulkar himself gave this information.
McGrath Was Targeted
Sachin said that once, in a match against Australia, he had commented on fast bowler Glenn McGrath. Sachin said that the quarterfinal match of the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy was being played in Nairobi, Kenya.
India was facing Australia in this match. Sachin said that he could never forget that day. He had provoked McGrath to disturb his rhythm. The wicket was very damp, and it was not easy to bat.
As McGrath bowled the first over, he spoke to Sourav Ganguly and said he would go after McGrath. He understood that he had to do something different and play mind games.
After this, Sachin said a thing or two to McGrath. McGrath was also stunned to hear the sledging from Sachin’s mouth. Sachin said that after this, he started opening shots against McGrath. There were also some pretty risky shots in these.
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Sachin Told This Was The Strategy
Sachin said he wanted McGrath to put the ball on his body instead of outside the off-stump. He planned to annoy McGrath and have him bowl to his body, not focus on getting him out.
Sachin said we missed some occasions but got McGrath done what he wanted. Sachin said that in that match, he scored 38 runs fast. We won this match. Because of this, he was happy.
India Beat Australia by 20 Runs
Its strategy of Sachin worked, and India won the match by 20 runs from Australia. Team India was batting first in this match. Australia did not get any wickets in the first 10 overs. India had scored 66 runs in 11.3 overs without losing a wicket.
Sachin scored 38 runs off 37 balls and was dismissed by Brett Lee. Tendulkar hit three fours and three sixes in that innings. India scored a challenging 265 for 9 with the help of Yuvraj Singh’s 84 off 80 balls.
McGrath could not take any wickets in this match. He had spent 61 runs in 9 overs. Two overs were reduced from Australia’s account due to the slow over rate, and they were given a target of 266 runs to win in 48 overs.
In response, the Australian team was all out for 245 runs in 46.2 overs. In this match, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar and Venkatesh Prasad took two wickets each for India.
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Missed Another Encounter With McGrath
Meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar recalled another encounter with McGrath. In 2001, the first ODI of the series was going on between India and Australia. It was the same tour that India won the Kolkata Test after a follow-on on the back of the charismatic batting of Laxman and Dravid and halted Australia’s 16-run streak of Test victories.
Sachin said we went for ODIs immediately after the historic Test series win against Australia. He and VVS Laxman were batting well. The team got off to a good start. In this match, he had decided that he would target McGrath.
After this, he hit three fours and a six in one over McGrath. Sachin said the plan was not to let McGrath get into the rhythm. He was run out for 35 in this match, but I was in a good rhythm in that match and would have played a long inning if I hadn’t been run out.
