Published 17:59 IST, April 29th 2020

'He had more talent:' Kapil Dev believes Sachin Tendulkar could've achieved more

Despite being the highest run-scorer in Tests and ODIs even after retiring, Former captain Kapil Dev believes that Sachin Tendulkar could've achieved more

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Despite being highest run-scorer in Tests and ODIs even after retiring, Former Indian captain Kapil Dev believes that Sachin Tendulkar could have achieved more in his career. World Cup-winning skipper has stated that Tendulkar is finest cricketer India has ever produced but he should have done much better than he did. Dev also believes that Sachin h even more talent even though re is one that has performed better than him. 

Speaking at an interview, legendary captain, Kapil Dev remarked that Sachin Tendulkar has h an amazing career ding that it is easy to say to be able to play for 24 years but difficult to do so. Dev also stated that Tendulkar has moved generations for two and a half deces and that many youngsters yearn to be like him. veteran skipper maintained that as long as re are cricketers like Master Blaster, game will never die. 

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When Shastri motivated Sachin

During a recent interaction with former England skipper Nasser Hussain, Tendulkar went on to reveal that when he was playing his first Test against Pakistan in 1989, he was clueless and said that he was playing his first Test as if he was playing a school match.

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Sachin went on to say that when he h mitted to Shastri that he was beaten by pace of Pakistani bowlers, current Indian he coach motivated him by saying that it happens to quite a few and that he need t worry. ex-all-rounder n vised him to go out and spend half-an-hour in middle so that he can get justed to ir pace after which everything will fall in place. Meanwhile, Shastri also pointed out Tendulkar's mistake by saying that he h batted as if he was a school match.

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Man of Centuries 

Sachin Tendulkar is only cricketer to have scored 100 international centuries. 51 of se have come in Test cricket where Tendulkar has a high score of 248*. His highest ODI score is 200* and scored 49 in format. Both se feats are records standing till date. He played only a single T20I for India and played IPL for Mumbai Indians. In 2011, he scored his only IPL century against Kochi Tuskers Kerala, making exactly 100 and remained unbeaten. 

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17:59 IST, April 29th 2020