Former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar recently revealed an interesting story from 1999 Adelaide Test featuring former Australia speedster Glenn McGrath, where the right-hander won the game of chess on the field against a player of McGrath's quality.
“In 1999, in our first match at Adelaide... he first innings there was hardly 40 minutes to go in the day's play. Glenn McGrath comes and bowls five or six maiden overs to me,” Tendulkar said in a video posted by BCCI on Twitter.
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“That was their strategy... 'let's frustrate Sachin. 70 percent of the ball should go to (wicket-keeper) Adam Gilchrist and 10 percent close to his bat. If he plays or chases deliveries outside the off-stump we have succeeded'.”
“So I kept leaving as many deliveries as possible. There were some good deliveries where I was beaten as well. But I said 'well bowled and now go back and bowl again as I am still here',” he added.
The 47-year-old then remembered his trail of thoughts later that evening as he said, “I thought this evening I am patient but tomorrow morning I am gonna play the way I want. You won't control how I want to play but I would control where you are going to bowl.”
“I remember hitting him for a few boundaries the next morning because it was a fresh day and we both were at the same level. They had a strategy but I knew their strategy was to frustrate me,” the right-hand batsman with 100 international centuries added.
(With IANS inputs)
