Arguably the greatest batsman of all time, Sachin Tendulkar amassed nearly 16,000 Test runs in a glittering career. Tendulkar is also the highest scorer among Indian batters in Australia. However, when an 18-year old Sachin Tendulkar toured Australia in the summer of 1991/92, he wasn’t so popular. On the eve of India’s warm-up match against the Prime Minister’s XI, Greg Rowell, an Australian lawyer who used to be a first-class cricketer, has narrated a heartwarming story of how he got Tendulkar out in the same game 23 years ago.
Rowell had dismissed not only Tendulkar, but also Ravi Shastri in the ‘Prime Minister’s XI vs India’ game in 1991. The latter was a renowned all-rounder at that time. A fast bowler, Rowell ended the game with…
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