Warne recalls watching Tendulkar bat for the first time, says 'he looked 10 yrs old'

Shane Warne recalled how Sachin Tendulkar h taken him and Australian bowlers to cleaners during Test series in early 1992 where Warne h me his debut. leggie got an opportunity of bowling to Master Blaster in third Test of that series, but it did t turn out to be a good experience for 1999 World Cup winner.

Little Master on or hand h alrey established himself as one of finest batsmen in world cricket. After his international debut in vember 1989 against arch-rivals Pakistan, he h earned a lot of fame and recognition for showing a fearless approach towards mighty Pakistani bowling lineup. In one of Test matches, he continued to bat even after being hit on se by a vicious bouncer on a green-top wicket and h also clobbered spin legend, Abdul Qir, for four consecutive sixes in that series.

'Pretty special': Shane Warne'

“When I first saw Sachin Tendulkar in first Test, he was 21. But looked about 10. I thought this guy was pretty special. He’s smacking us all over park and he’s 10 years of . You can tell when players come out and it’s time y’ve got. That’s class about m. You can tell that about good player.  time, elegance. It all looks easy,” Aussie spin legend said while doing commentary on Sky Sports during a Test match between England and Pakistan.

 

Shane Warne's career

Warne has been a part of two World Cup finals that Australian team h featured in. One in 1996 (lost to Sri Lanka) and 1999 (beat Pakistan comprehensively). He called it a day on his illustrious cricketing career in January 2007 after Aussies h overcome arch-rivals England in 2006/07 Ashes series at home. frontline leg-spinner took his 700th Test scalp in that series when he bamboozled Andrew Strauss to achieve feat. 

Shane is second-highest wicket-taker in red-ball cricket with 709 wickets behind Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan (800).

Sachin Tendulkar's successful cricketing career

Tendulkar h me his debut at international level as a teenr back in 1989. Sachin has scored 15921 runs in 200 Tests and 18426 runs in 463 One Day Internationals. He also remains top run-scorer in both se formats to date. Little Master also has 100 international centuries to his name which is a feat that one else has achieved. champion batsman also became first player to score a double century in ODI cricket.

cricket legend has represented India in six World Cups and was an integral part of Men In Blue's historic triumph in 2011 where he was second-highest run-scorer with 482 runs. 47-year-old was also Team India's backbone in 2003 World Cup where he h scored 673 runs in 11 matches. India finished as runners-up after losing to n mighty Australia in a lop-sided final but he was judged as Player of Tournament.

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