Spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan says he was not afraid to bowl to the good Sachin Tendulkar as Indian maestro wouldn’t damage him like Virender Sehwag or Brian Lara.
Among the present gamers, worldwide cricket’s highest wicket-taker mentioned that India’s Virat Kohli and Pakistan’s Babar Azam would have performed him effectively.
“For Sachin, there was no worry of bowling as a result of he will not damage you. Unlike Sehwag who can damage you. Because he (Sachin) will defend his wicket, he is an efficient reader of the ball and he is aware of the method,” Muralitharan mentioned throughout a dialog with Aakash Chopra on ESPNcricinfo.
Muralitharan, the one bowler to take 800 Test wickets, mentioned, “I noticed in my profession, Sachin had a minor weak spot in opposition to off-spin. With leg spin he smashes however with off-spin by some means he discovered problem as a result of I Got him out many occasions.And so many off-spinners have seen him so many occasions, I’ve seen it.
“I do not know, I by no means talked to him about, ‘Why aren’t you comfy with off-spin?’ I felt that I’ve some weak spot in my thoughts so I bought a slight benefit over different gamers. Sachin is a troublesome participant, it is vitally troublesome to get him out.
Muralitharan, who other than his Test exploits has additionally taken 530 wickets in ODIs, had dismissed Tendulkar 13 occasions in his profession.
He additionally spoke extremely of Sehwag and Lara, score them as two of the hardest batsmen he had bowled to throughout his illustrious profession.
“Sehwag is so dangerous, we hired deep fielders for him because I know he will go for his chances. He used to go for his instincts and he knew that ‘on my day I will attack anyone I want’. So what we will do is go to the defensive zone and wait for him to make a mistake,” Muralitharan mentioned.
He added, “But what Virender Sehwag does is ensure that he performs for 2 hours of the day and scores 150 or if he performs all day he’ll rating 300 runs, which was his angle.
“So these kind of players were dangerous for us, we have match winners.”
When requested in regards to the present batsmen, he picked Kohli and Babar.
Kohli is an efficient participant of spin, particularly in Test cricket. Babar Azam appears to be one of many higher gamers.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
