Sachin Tendulkar It is said of his assault on Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup which reminds one of the Centurion 2003 World Cup match. Given the match and the opposition, this is among the finest pieces of his work.
The leading pacers in the squad comprise of Wasim Akram Waqar Younis and Shoaab Akhtar Akhtar is able to penetrate any batting order, this one focused to breach the robust Indian batting order with Tendulkar and Sehwag opening Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Yuvraj Singh following them.
But Akhtar’s plans that day died at the very beginning of the Indian innings in reply to Pakistan’s challenging 273 for 7 built on the back of Saeed Anwar’s century. ‘I remember when Shoaib during one of the interviews claimed that India is an area of his focus and that his intention is to bring down India.
Top order batsman Abdul Razak showed scant respect for troubled Indian bowlers and in between a fifteen collected by Rashid. Tendulkar made an aggressive move towards the bowler, hitting 18 points in the first quarter. He finished with a 6 and 4 in the last three overs.
This game was played on March 23, 1997, isn’t it. But for Sachin Tendulkar, he even enjoyed even more when he struck a wonderful 98 off just 75 deliveries, claiming that it was one of his greatest ODI performances.
During this period, it was interesting to note that Younis had taken Sehwag’s wicket and Younis saw Sehwag padding up as a runner for Sachin Tendulkar who was in trouble with cramps in the latter part of the game.
“I also came to campaign for the cricketer Sachin Tendulkhar during the match because he had cramps and Shahid Afridi was…gaga and was saying things,” said Sehwag. He knows he can’t be away for long. Most of the time, he doesn’t take any runners, but he understands that when I rush in, I’m going to tumble just like him and so heavy rushing won’t be of any loss or misinterpretation.
One of the most watched or remains remains in the hearts of cricket fans for that time was while run-chase that went into a sea of sixs Tendulkars’s Thirty crowdpleasing uppercut and – six over the head of Akhtar made Indian fans erupt into a frenzy.
“This shot is not worked out, there comes a time when you look at the ball and you have a shot in you, you play the shot,” Tendulkar explained this phenomenon at the India Today Conclave 2023. This is just what indeed took place.
In the end, Akhtar managed to settle scores with Sachin Tendulkar who managed only a couple of runs but fell short of reaching a century. Yuvraj with 50 not out and Dravid with 44 runs not out On their path to victory, they were able to take down Pakistan by six wickets and in the course buried any hopes of a comeback by the latter.
