Sachin Tendulkar shocked us in Pakistan with triple tons in school cricket: Waqar Younis

Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis is currently bowling coach of Pakistan cricket team. legendary pacer me his international debut alongside former Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar in 1989 Karachi Test. Widely regarded as one of greatest fast bowlers of all time, Waqar Younis recently appeared on Greatest Rivalry Podcast where he recalled memories of Tendulkar debut match and chronicled his rivalry with 200-Test veteran.

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Tendulkar debut match: Waqar Younis talks about n “batting prodigy”

Waqar Younis mitted that he and rest of his teammates were aware of a young 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar prior to India’s tour of Pakistan in 1989. According to him,  Pakistan team h heard about Tendulkar’s achievements in school cricket as Younis recalled, “We always knew re was this young kid coming on block who was going to be amazing”. Waqar Younis also praised ‘Master Blaster’ by ding that even though he was a young boy back n, right-handed batsman was scoring triple centuries in school. Waqar Younis stated that scoring a century in school cricket is also an “amazing thing”, let alone a triple hundred.

former Pakistan captain mitted that youngster “didn’t really” give him impression that he would go on to become “ great Sachin Tendulkar he is today”. Waqar Younis furr praised 2011 World Cup winner by saying that Tendulkar’s hard work paid off and his on-field and off-field achievements over years have been amazing.

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Talking about Tendulkar debut match in Karachi, Waqar Younis recalled that he dismissed batting prodigy for just 15 in his first innings. However, he claimed that Sachin Tendulkar’s 15-run innings was filled with classy on-drives and straight drives. Waqar Younis also spoke about bouncer that hit batsman in his se later in that same series. While n youngster still got up and scored 57, pacer believes that his 50-plus kck “really showed his class”.

Sachin Tendulkar 98 vs Pakistan

Sachin Tendulkar 98 vs Pakistan at 2003 World Cup is considered as one of his best match-winning innings of all time. His 98 off 75 balls enabled ‘Men in Blue’ to comfortably overhaul Pakistan’s 273-7 in a crucial match of tournament. Waqar Younis was captain of Pakistan team at time and he bowled alongside likes of Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar and Abdul Razzaq.

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Sachin Tendulkar centuries

sheer number of Sachin Tendulkar centuries place him at top of pile in all-time century-makers list. former Indian captain has registered 51 centuries in Tests and 49 tons in ODIs. With 100 international centuries, he is 29 ahe of second-placed Ricky Ponting (71) and 30 tons ahe of Virat Kohli (70).

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