Sachin Tendulkar was at the receiving end of some umpiring blunders from Steve Bucknor during his playing days. And 11 years after his retirement, the former West Indies umpire has admitted his goof-ups against the Indian batting legend as well.

Speaking on the Mason and Guests radio programme in Barbados earlier this week, Bucknor recalled a couple of errors in judgement against Tendulkar that have stayed with him.

“Tendulkar was given out on two different occasions when those were mistakes. I do not think any umpire would want to do a wrong thing. It lives with him and his future could be jeopardised,” Bucknor said.

“To err is human…Once in Australia, I gave him out leg before wicket and the ball was going over the top. Another time, in India it was caught behind. The ball deviated after passing the bat but there was no touch. But the match was at Eden Gardens and when you are at the Eden and India is batting, you hear nothing. Because 100,000 spectators are making noise. Those were the mistakes and I was unhappy. I am saying a human is going to make mistakes and accepting mistakes are part of life,” he added.

Tendulkar’s run-ins with Bucknor have been well documented. Last year, the batting maestro took a subtle dig at the former ICC elite panel official after the Twitter handle of International Cricket Council responded to his post with a meme featuring Bucknor signalling a no-ball.

“At least this time I am bowling and not batting.. umpire’s decision is always the final decision,” Tendulkar had replied.

(Inputs from The Indian Express)