The legendary Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar became the first-ever batsman to scored a double century in ODI cricket in 2010, but the Proteas pacer, Dale Steyn said he had got Tendulkar’s wicket when he was in his 190s in that match. Umpire Ian Gould did not give the legend out and told Steyn he wanted to “make it back to the hotel”.
During a recent Sky Sports Cricket Podcast with James Anderson, Steyn said about the record-breaking ODI in Gwalior. He explained, “Tendulkar scored the first double hundred in ODI cricket, and it was against us in Gwalior. And I actually remember – I think I got him out lbw when he was about 190 odd. Ian Gould gave him not out. And I was like, ‘Why, why did you give him not out!? That’s so dead.’ And he was like, ‘Mate, look around – if I gave him out, I won’t make it back to the hotel.’”
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India went on to defeat South Africa by 153 runs in the match, with India having posted a mammoth 401/3 on the back of Tendulkar’s double century. Steyn also spoke about the challenge of bowling to Tendulkar in front of a home crowd.
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Recalling the same, Dale said, “You bowl a bad bowl, and he hits you for four – he’s on naught and he hits you for four in Mumbai, it feels like the world is closing in on you. He’s only on four not out, he may as well have been on 500.”
Currently, India is going through a nationwide lockdown. Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus positive patients in India went past 86000 with almost 2760 people losing their lives on Saturday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Almost the entire is in a lockdown due to the scare of the ever-escalating situation concerning the World Health Organisation-recognized pandemic that is the Coronavirus. Everything- schools, colleges, airports, railway stations, gyms, sporting events, movies, offices- have been put under lockdown as the world continues to self-isolate in order to control the pandemic.
