Former Indian teammate Sourav Gangly and Australian legendary cricketer Ricky Pointing shared anecdotes with Master Blaster Tendulkar on his 50th birthday.
Speaking on Delhi Capital's social media, both Gangly and Pointing shared their memories with him and wished him. Former Australian captain and Delhi Capital's head coach Ricky Pointing believes Tendulkar is ‘technically the best batter’ and there is no comparison between Virat Kohli and him just yet.
Talking to the ‘ICC Review’ on the eve of Tendulkar’s 50th birthday, pointing said, “I’ve said forever, Tendulkar’s technically the best batter that I’ve ever seen, and played with or against.”
Whatever plan that we came up with as a bowling group, he found a way to combat it, whether it was in India or Australia.
On meeting Tendulkar for the first time: The first time I saw him was in U-15 camps in Indore a long time ago. He used to use very heavy bats then, and we spent a month in the camp together training, and you could see that he was a special player.
An anecdote about him Many I think when he first asked me to open against South Africa in Jaipur India were not finding an opening batter, and he said why won’t you open I said I would love it, and obviously it was a different story for me in my career, and it was the same thing with him, he batted number six in one-day cricket and then when they made him open in one-day cricket he became a world champion and our partnership started.
Birthday wishes: Welcome to the club. I got into the club last year, he is in the club now. Lots of love from me and my family because I have known them very closely for a long period of time. Hope he has a great birthday.
On meeting Tendulkar for the first time: I heard about him 88/89 not sure when Tendulkar actually debuted. India was touring Australia. And I said to the head coach Rod Marsh at the time. I want to be on the ground when India was training. I want to sit at the back of the net and watch Tendulkar bat.
An anecdote about Tendulkar: Look, I have so many memories of playing against him. One thing which probably stands out most about Tendulkar was his mental strength. Remember the Test match in Sydney he has been caught behind a few times in the series before we bowled him full and wide, he kicked a couple through the keeper and slipped. He came out publically before the Sydney Test and said he was not going to play a cover drive that is not possible because we are going to bowl full and wide you are going to play cover drive at some stage. He might have once he was about 220s. I think he made 240. To not have a play a cover drive for 8_10 hours was probably special. Birthday wishes: Post the age of 40 I am not sure too many of them are happy with the birthdays that we have. But it is a wonderful milestone, mate. The Mumbai people and the Indian people will really get behind and celebrate what is a pretty special milestone in your life.
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