Indian cricket team will take on England in the third Test match at Headingley on Tuesday (August 25). Virat Kohli and co have the 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series after winning the second Test by 151 runs.
Batting great Sachin Tendulkar recalled India’s famous win against England at Leeds in 2002. He called it one of the most special moments of his cricketing career. India had enforced the follow-on and they won the match by an innings and 46 runs.
“The only Test match that I played (at Headingley) was in 2002. I got a hundred. There was some kind of attachment. It was a tough track but we built a strong total and beat England by an innings defeat. So big victory for us. That is my best memory actually. To beat England on that ground meant a lot to me,” Tendulkar said in his latest YouTube video.
Batting first, India had scored 628 runs with the loss of 8 wickets in their first innings. Tendulkar scored 193 runs, Rahul Dravid added 148 runs and the then skipper Sourav Ganguly also scored a century.
In reply, England were bowled out for 273 in the first innings. India decided to enforce the follow-on and they won the match by dismissing the hosts on 309 runs in the second innings.
Tendulkar was signed as the first-ever overseas player to play for Yorkshire in 1992. “In 1992, I played at Headingley as a pro for Yorkshire and those were a memorable few months. After that I played a couple of one-day matches but not a Test match. Yes, Headingley as a venue was always going to be special for me because I knew everyone there,” he added.
