The former hit pair of Indian openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag has always been known as one of the most destructive partners at the top of the order in world cricket. The duo together has given nightmares to one of the best bowlers in the world. However, speaking to host Vikram Sathaye on the ‘What the Duck 3’, Sachin has revealed that he initially was a bit cautious about the idea of opening the batting with Sehwag. The Indian batting legend said that when Sehwag joined the Indian cricket team, he would not talk to Tendulkar.

Tendulkar and Sehwag made an appearance together on Episode 5 of ‘What the Duck 3’, where both of them recalled some fond memories of batting with the Delhi dasher.

Recalling the incident, Tendulkar said, “I remember when Viru first joined the team, he would not talk to me. Then I thought this can’t work, we need to talk to each other and if we are batting together I need to make him comfortable. So I told him to let’s go get have some food. Before going, I asked him what he liked. He said ‘Paaji, I am a vegetarian’. When I asked why he revealed that he had been told at home that eating chicken makes you fat.”

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Sehwag also recalled the moment when he first met Tendulkar, he said: “When I first met him, he just shook my hand and moved on. I thought to myself that I idolize this person and he just shook my hand and walked away. But later when I was a senior and met new players, I did the same, then I realized you cannot get close to a person before knowing him. I was very shy when I first joined the team.”

Tendulkar and Sehwag opened together in 93 ODIs for India, scoring a total of 3,919 runs at an average of 42.13. The flamboyant pair notched 12 100-run and 18 50-run stands as an opening pair to occupy fourth place in the list of highest opening partnership runs in international cricket.