Tendulkar dominated some of the greatest bowlers of all time in his illustrious 24 years career.
Indian batting legend and one of the greatest batsmen of all time Sachin Tendulkar has recently named the bowler from the current generation whom he would have really enjoyed facing on the field.
In the modern era, there are several fast bowlers and spinners who have been making name for themselves across the world with their skills and Tendulkar was most impressed with one of them.
However, he isn’t India’s Jasprit Bumrah or Mohammad Shami and neither Australia’s Pat Cummins nor England’s latest pace sensation Jofra Archer who did not impress Tendulkar to such an extent that he would like to face him, though, they are among the best bowlers of this generation.
Well, he is none other than Afghanistan’s spin sensation Rashid Khan who is among the most talked-about cricketers all around the world for his unique bowling action and skills. Apart from International cricket, the Afghanistan captain plays franchise cricket across the world including IPL and his spin bowling is always a central attraction for all the cricket experts and of course, oppositions as well.
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The Master Blaster, who is one of the most dangerous batsmen of his era, has named Rashid Khan, saying the spinner would be an ‘interesting opponent to face due to several variations he possesses.
Tendulkar replied to a query during a Q/A session on his YouTube channel: “If I have to face one bowler from this generation, it would be Rashid [Khan]. Almost everyone has talked so much about his bowling and I’ve also enjoyed it.”
He added, “So it will be interesting to face him… because the way he disguises – the googly, leg-spin, and top spin – he has quite a few variations. It would be fun to actually go out and face him.”
The legendary batsman also opened up how the life of batsmen was difficult during the golden generation of cricket to play ODI games with just one ball. In today’s era, two balls are being implemented for one innings of the game.
Tendulkar explained, “When the sun is going down – during Day Night ODI matches. I played during a time when just one ball was used. So, the discoloration made that particular phase rather challenging… to pick the shiny side and the rough side because the ball would reverse.”
He concluded, “It made batters’ lives challenging. The ball would also sometimes get soft. Bowlers and fielders will put a lot of sweat, and in those days, saliva too. So the ball would reverse.”
(With Hindustan Times Inputs)