On This Day: Sachin Tendulkar And Waqar Younis Made Their Debut

By CricShots - Nov 15, 2020 11:23 am

It was on November 15, 1989, when the legendary cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar, and Pakistan’s Waqar Younis made their international debuts in the same match. Tendulkar and Younis made their debut in a Test match between India and Pakistan that was played in Karachi in 1989.

The match ended in a draw. In the match, Tendulkar was also dismissed by Younis in the first innings on a score of just 15. ICC tweeted: “#OnThisDay in 1989, Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis made their international debuts as teenagers. The rest, as they say, is history”.

#OnThisDay in 1989, Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis made their international debuts as teenagers.
The rest, as they say, is history 🙌 pic.twitter.com/o419M8n0cA
— ICC (@ICC) November 15, 2019

This post was applauded by a lot of people on Twitter and they hailed the ”combo debutants”. A Twitter user wrote: “What a combo debutant and Rest is history #SachinDebutDay #WaqarDebutDay”. Another one commented: “Both Legends responsible for the word ”Gentle” in Gentlemen”s game”. One more user Twitter: “It’s surely a special day. Two of the greatest of their era’s debuted on this day. What a journey it had been for both of them.

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Over the years, Tendulkar has emerged as the “greatest batsman of all time” and he also got nicknamed as the “Master Blaster”. On the other hand, Younis is regarded as one of the finest bowlers to come out of Pakistan. He also made his name known as one of the most lethal reverse swing bowlers.

Younis hanged his boots from international cricket in 2003 and he finished with 373 wickets in Tests and 416 scalps in ODIs. He is currently the bowling coach of the Pakistan cricket team. Tendulkar, bid adieu to international cricket in 2013 and to date, he remains the highest run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs. He also has the record for registering most international centuries.

Earlier this year, Tendulkar became the sixth Indian to get inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. He debuted for India at the age of 16 and immediately became the country’s favorite cricketer. He amassed 34,357 runs across formats, which is more than 6,000 runs ahead of the second-placed former Sri Lanka cricketer Kumar Sangakkara.