Former captain of the national cricket team, Wasim Akram, once again reminisced about the historic Chennai Test in 1999 and gave his tips to Saqlain Mushtaq to take Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket.
It should be noted that in the Chennai Test of the series played in 1999, when India needed only 17 runs to win and Sachin Tendulkar was at the wicket, Pakistani spinner Saqlain Mushtaq changed the course of the match.
Team captain Wasim Akram said during his latest interview that ‘Chennai Test is very special for me, it was very hot that day and the pitch was also favorable for our bowlers as we were relying on reverse swing.’
“At that time we also had Saqlain Mushtaq, one of the best spinners in the world, who invented the ‘second’ ball at that time and no batsman could understand it,” he said.
Wasim Akram said that ‘at that time, Sachin Tendulkar was playing Saqlain very well in the second innings of the match. It is quite difficult to do that, but Sachin was doing better and that is why he is considered one of the great batsmen of cricket.’
“I remember the match was quite close, they needed around 20 runs to win, Sachin was playing on 136, the fielders were away, I told Saqlain to bowl the second one from outside the off-stump,” said the former captain. , Sachin might try to play a high shot at mid-wicket and that’s what happened.’
Wasim Akram said that he tried to hit a six and the ball went in the air with the outside edge of the bat and I was telling myself to stay balanced and keep an eye on the ball.
It should be noted that after Sachin’s dismissal, the Pakistani bowlers won the historic match by returning the remaining 3 Indian players to the pavilion in just 4 runs.
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