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India tour of Pakistan 1989
Mon, July 21 2014
Mushtaq Mohammed: Always prayed for Sachin Tendulkar’s success
Pakistan’s former ace all-rounder, Mushtaq Mohammad reminisced about how he took a great level of interest in Sachin Tendulkar’s fledgling career and even prayed for his success after Sunil Gavaskar opined that he should watch out for the boy wonder. Gavaskar expected him to be 'a wonder of the world’ in the days to come.
Thu, October 24 2013
‘I felt very small I had said something like that about Sachin Tendulkar’
I first watched Sachin Tendulkar bat when he was brought to the nets of the Indian team as a 14-year-old. I was stunned to watch this teenager bat with such maturity; it was simply amazing. Later on, I faced him when Delhi played Bombay (as Mumbai was known then) in a Ranji Trophy game at the Wankhede during the 1988-89 season
Tue, October 22 2013
Sachin Tendulkar: The monk who ran out of petrol and was stranded in the middle of nowhere!
Sachin Tendulkar walked into the Indian team for the tour to Pakistan in 1989 and his hundred against Delhi in the Irani Trophy before that campaign sealed his spot. Atul Wassan, who played for Delhi in that game, shares his maiden experience of watching Tendulkar bat. He recalls interesting anecdotes from the time he shared a house with Tendulkar in England.
Mon, October 14 2013
Sachin Tendulkar had the “eye of the tiger” after Waqar Younis bloodied his nose with a vicious bouncer
Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut as a 16-year-old on the tour to Pakistan in 1989. Salil Ankola, the former India fast-bowler also debuted during that tour and was Tendulkar’s room-partner through the campaign. He recalls a few interesting experiences from that tour and how the young Tendulkar fit into the Indian team.
Thu, October 10 2013
Sachin Tendulkar retires on his terms
The greatness of Sachin Tendulkar is that he has never been dropped from the Indian team in any form of cricket, barring a bizarre decision to rest him from the One-Day Internationals (ODI) on the last tour to Australia. That's an awesome record.
Thu, October 10 2013
Sachin Tendulkar retirement: Former selector recalls selecting 16-year-old prodigy for Pakistan tour in 1989
He was a member of the national selection panel that picked 16-year-old prodigy called Sachin Tendulkar for the tour of Pakistan in 1989 and to this day, 73-year-old Akash Lal remembers every minute detail of that meeting that changed the course of Indian cricket history.
Mon, December 24 2012
Sachin Tendulkar the greatest batsman of this era: Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis
Famed Pakistan pace duo Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis Monday paid rich tribute to Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, labelling him "the greatest batsman of this era".