First played for Pakistan then made debut for India, made countless records

New Delhi. A star of the Indian cricket team who ruled international cricket for more than two decades. he/she broke almost all the records of the cricket world and made it in his/her name. Even after almost 10 years of retirement, he/she has many such records which no one has been able to come close to. We are talking about master blaster Sachin Tendalkar. Do you know that before making his/her debut for India, this stalwart had come to India to play a match for Pakistan.

Whenever a match is played between India and Pakistan, the enthusiasm of the fans as well as the players is visible. Now both these teams play only in multi-country tournaments. No bilateral series is played between India and Pakistan. There was a time when Pakistan team used to tour India and Indian team used to tour Pakistan. On one such tour, in a match played in India, Sachin Tendulkar had fielded in the match for former Pakistan captain Imran Khan.

Came to play for Pakistan before debut

Great batsman Sachin Tendulkar made his/her international debut in 1989 at the age of 16 against Pakistan under the captaincy of Imran Khan. The amazing thing is that Sachin had fielded for this captain in the match against India. On 20 January 1987, on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the Cricket Club of India, a friendly match was played between the teams of India and Pakistan. In the 40-40 over match held at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, India was captained by Ravi Shastri while Pakistan team was captained by Imran Khan. Then 13 year old Sachin Tendulkar played fielding for Pakistan in this match.

Imran Khan had got the fielding done

Actually, during lunch time, Pakistan players Javed Miandad and Abdul Qadir had left the field. When Pakistan team came out for fielding, it had one player less and Sachin Tendulkar was sent to the field for fielding. Master Blaster has revealed this in his/her auto biography ‘Playing It My Way’. he/she has written that before debuting for India in 1989, I had played for Pakistan in 1987. Had come to field for Pakistan in a match against India. Sachin wrote that former Pakistan captain Imran Khan would hardly remember that he/she had put me on the field for fielding.

It is impossible to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record.

The Master Blaster made a great record of playing 200 Test matches in his/her career spanning more than two decades. It seems impossible to break this record of Sachin Tendulkar. Till now no player has been able to come even close to this. England’s fast bowler James Anderson has recently announced his/her retirement after playing 188 Tests. Sachin has scored 51 centuries in Test cricket. It seems impossible to break this record also. No batsman has been able to reach even close to him/her in current cricket.

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