<div class="img-caption-wrap img-caption-wrap-left "> <img src="https://st3.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/cricket/261912314d59320be1737399459a9e36.jpeg" title="Sachin never scared me, says Shoaib Akhtar" alt="Sachin never scared me, says Shoaib Akhtar" /><p class="imgcaption"> Shoaib Akhtar is not scared of Sachin Tendulkar </p> </div><p> </p><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Sachin never scared me, says Shoaib Akhtar </div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">By CricketCountry Staff</div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Colombo: Mar 19, 2011</div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Speedster Shoaib Akhtar has revealed that he was never scared to bowl to Sachin Tendulkar, instead it was former Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist and West Indian legend Brain Lara who "scared the hell" out of him during his international career.</div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">"Yes, Sachin would never scare me. Guys like Gilchrist and Lara would scare the hell out of me," Akhtar told espnstar.com in an interview.</div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Shoaib, who called it quits on his international career was in awe of Lara and Gilchrist.</div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">"Gilchrist would simply take me on. Lara was a class apart.</div><p></p><div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">"In fact, I would be so attracted to his persona that I wouldn t know where to bowl...His body language was just too cool!"</div><p></p><p><strong>By CricketCountry Staff</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong>Colombo: Mar 19, 2011</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Speedster Shoaib Akhtar has revealed that he was never scared to bowl to Sachin Tendulkar, instead it was former Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist and West Indian legend Brain Lara who "scared the hell" out of him during his international career.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>"Yes, Sachin would never scare me. Guys like Gilchrist and Lara would scare the hell out of me," Akhtar told espnstar.com in an interview.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Shoaib, who called it quits on his international career was in awe of Lara and Gilchrist.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>"Gilchrist would simply take me on. Lara was a class apart."In fact, I would be so attracted to his persona that I wouldn t know where to bowl...His body language was just too cool!"</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Pictures Getty Images</p>
