Former India batter Sachin Tendulkar said that he had the rare opportunity to meet cricket's greatest batter, Don Bradman, and their conversation revolved around the art of batting. Tendulkar also spoke about his relationship with Australia legend spinner Shane Warne during his interview with The Telegraph.
Sir Don Bradman is considered one of the greatest batsmen in cricket history. The legendary cricketer played 52 Test matches for Australia between 1928 and 1948. Bradman scored 6,996 runs in only 80 innings at an astonishing average of 99.94, with the help of 29 centuries and 13 half-centuries.
Don Bradman had once revealed that he had found Sachin Tendulkar, who reminded him of himself. In 1996, he expressed his admiration for Tendulkar's technique, saying it closely resembled his own.
"I was very, very struck by his technique." Bradman said in 1996. "I asked my wife to come and have a look at him. Because, I said, "I never saw myself play. But I feel this fellow is playing much the same as I used to. It was just his compactness, his stroke production, his technique. It all seemed to gel."
Tendulkar, who was invited by Bradman to his 90th birthday, recalled a conversation with Bradman about the art of batting. They discussed how top batsmen could read a delivery early, focusing on the bowler’s wrist position and picking the ball's spin in the air.
"We discussed batting. How good batters could read the ball by looking at the bowler's wrist position and also see which way the ball is spinning in the air and hence could read the delivery as soon as it was released," Tendulkar recalled in an interview with The Telegraph.
Hence My Approach Against Him Was... – Sachin Tendulkar on Shane Warne
Sachin Tendulkar also revealed his approach against Shane Warne. Tendulkar stated that his strategy was to wait for the ball to spin and play as late as possible, going inside-out and playing with the spin.
“There were very few spinners in world cricket against whom hitting the ball on the rise consistently was not a wise option – Warnie was one of them. Hence my approach against him was to wait for the ball to spin and play as late as possible. I would also mostly go inside-out and play with the spin,” Tendulkar explained in the same interview.
Shane Warne is one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history. However, he passed away at the age of 52. Warne took 708 wickets in 145 Test matches and 293 wickets in 194 One-Day Internationals (ODIs). He played a crucial role in Australia's dominance in world cricket during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Sachin Tendulkar Had an Exceptional Record in International Cricket
Sachin Tendulkar, known as the "God of Cricket," holds the record for the most runs in international cricket, amassing 34,357 runs across 664 matches. He scored 18,426 runs in ODIs and 15,921 runs in Tests, with a total of 100 centuries and 154 half-centuries. Tendulkar also took 201 wickets with the ball.
Tendulkar was honored with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, after playing for India for 24 years, from 1989 to 2013. He is the only cricketer to have scored 100 centuries in international cricket. He hit 51 centuries and 68 fifties in Tests, while he scored 49 centuries and 96 half-centuries in ODIs.
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