The incident occurred in 1992 SCG Test where Shastri made 206 and Sachin made 148.
Sachin Tendulkar joined Ravi Shastri during India's innings. Sachin came out to bat at number six. Shastri added that Sachin was sledged from the moment he entered.
"I remember playing at the SCG. It was Sachin's first tour. I had just reached a hundred, and Sachin had just come to bat. And he was being sledged by the Waugh brothers – Steve and Mark. 'You little this, you little that'. And Mike Whitney had come on to the field as a 12th man. I was having a pow-pow with Allan Border until I reached my 100. He took the ball in his hand and said, ‘Get back into your crease; I’ll break your head'. I turned around there. There were mics, and you could be fined. And on the centre of the pitch, I shouted across the SCG ‘Hey Mike! If you can claim to throw as well as you can bowl, you wouldn’t be the 12th man of Australia. And that was it," Shastri said during the Summer of Cricket Lunch hosted by Cricket Act.
The incessant banter from both players and supporters is so unrelenting that it may nearly extend your language. Everyone deals with it in their own manner. And, in this case, after watching Shastri take on the Australians, even a young Tendulkar felt compelled to strike back.
"Sachin came to me and said, 'Wait till I get to my hundred. I will also give them some of this’. I told Sachin 'You shut up. You’ve got enough class; your bat will do the talking. Let me do the talking. And from 100 to 200, there wasn't a word but at the end of the game, they were the first guys in the dressing room with a beer. Play hard. You’ve got to be competitive. That’s what the crowd expects. That’s what the players expect," added Shastri.
Ravi Shastri made 206 and Sachin Tendulkar plundered 148 runs as India posted 483 in their first innings, in reply to Australia’s 313. This Test was also the debut for Shane Warne, and he went for 150 runs in 45 overs, taking the wicket of Shastri.