Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq is among the bowlers who troubled India's batting great Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar has himself rated Razzaq as one of the toughest bowlers he ever faced.

The 41-year-old talked about his bowling strength which brought him success against a high-class batsman like Tendulkar. He said one needs to have a special kind of delivery in international cricket to survive.

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"Naturally, when you have that kind of delivery with yourself in international cricket, or you're unplayable, you're bound to have success. Otherwise, the normal bowlers have no swing, they can't execute yorkers and can't create any hype," Razzaq said on Geo News when asked about his success against Tendulkar.

Razzaq further said it wasn't Tendulkar's weakness that got him out, but his 'nice' delivery which played with the Indian batsman's mind. "In the beginning, I used to bowl effective in-swing and reverse swing the ball nicely as well. You can't call it a weakness. You can call it a nice ball. It's possible that he (Tendulkar) had something else going on in his mind, perhaps he was expecting out-swingers."

The ex-Pakistan cricketer's all-round ability made him an asset for the side. Razzaq could strike the ball cleanly and he was an effective lower-order batsman for his team.

When asked whether he loved bowling over batting or vice-versa, he replied, "I used to be such an observer that I loved leading in situations. I used to love batting or bowling in tough situations."