Legendary Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar is regarded as one of the best batsmen to have ever played the game. He is the highest run-scorer in the international circuit and had the experience of taking down some of the best bowling attacks anywhere in the world. However, there was one seamer who posed threat to the Indian legend and dismissed him as many as six times in ODIs and it was Pakistan’s decorated all-rounder, Abdul Razzaq.

Abdul Razzaq was recently involved in an interaction where he revealed the reason behind his success against Sachin Tendulkar. The 41-year-old revealed that he used to bowl in-swing and reverse swing deliveries that were almost unplayable. 

During a recent chat with GEO News, Abdul Razzaq said, “Naturally, when you have that kind of delivery with yourself in international cricket, or you’re unplayable, you’re bound to have success. Otherwise, the normal bowlers have no swing, they can’t execute yorkers and can’t create any hype.”

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He further added, “In the beginning, I used to bowl effective in-swing and reverse swing the ball nicely as well. You can’t call it a weakness. You can call it a nice ball. It’s possible that he (Tendulkar) had something else going on in his mind, perhaps he was expecting out-swingers.”

Apart from helping Pakistan win games with the ball, Razzaq sometimes also played a blinder with the willow to help his team get over the line. The right-hander laos managed to score as many as 5080 ODI runs under his belt from 265 matches. When the all-rounder was questioned regarding what he loves more, batting or bowling, Abdul Razzaq exclaimed that he just enjoyed performing in pressure situations. 

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Abdul Razaaq explained, “I used to be such an observer that I loved leading in situations. I used to love batting or bowling in tough situations.”