The 'God' of cricket Sachin Tendulkar played his debut match against Pakistan on 15 November 1989 in Karachi. At that time Sachin was only 16 years old. However, Sachin Tendulkar had already earned name in the cricket world during his school days. This was the reason why he got a chance to play in the national team so soon. At that time, the Pakistani team had a dangerous pace battery like Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.
Wasim Akram was surprised to see Sachin
In a cricket talk show of a news channel, Wasim Akram had told how he met Sachin Tendulkar for the first time. Of course, Sachin Tendulkar and Wasim Akram respect each other very much in the cricket world, but in the very first meeting, Wasim Akram sledged Sachin Tendulkar during the match.
Had verbal attack on the field
In fact, on meeting Sachin Tendulkar for the first time, Wasim Akram felt that this boy looked like 14 years old. Wasim Akram told, 'We had read about Sachin that the new sensation of cricket is coming to Pakistan and his age is only 16 years. When he came to bat, I thought he looked only 14 years old. Then I told him, 'Have you asked your mother to play cricket?' However, today Wasim Akram respects Sachin a lot as a great batsman and he admitted that bowling to Sachin was not easy at all.
Sachin's debut was terrible
Let us tell you that Sachin had said during an interview that in 1989, I had thought of quitting cricket after the first Test innings of my career against Pakistan. Sachin had said that at that time I thought that the first Test innings of my life in Karachi would probably be the last innings. Waqar Younis was bowling from one side and Wasim Akram from the other side. I had no idea and both of them were also reverse swinging the ball. I had no plan in front of such an attack.
Records of Sachin Tendulkar
Let us tell you that Sachin is called the God of Cricket. During his career, he has scored 18,426 runs in ODIs and 15,921 runs in Tests. Sachin has 100 international centuries to his name including all formats. Let us tell you that Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of scoring the first double century in ODI cricket. On 24 February 2010, Sachin scored his first double century in One Day International cricket.
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