Tendulkar was uncomfortable facing Curtly Ambrose - Navjot Sidhu

[velu]

 

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Hardly anyone knows that once Sachin Tendulkar didn’t want to face him in a test match. In a television news program, Navjot Singh Sidhu said that when he and Tendulkar were playing against the West Indies at Port of Spain in 1997, Tendulkar was feeling uncomfortable to play some balls bowled by Ambrose near his rib cage area and then Tendulkar asked Sidhu to face as many deliveries as he can during that bowling spell from Ambrose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.cricages.com/columns/riteshs-cover-drive/curtly-ambrose-–-the-man-of-dream-spells/

 

[Rasgulla]

His legs used to shake facing Ambrose... prob still does thinking about it

[Laaloo]

Article from 7 years back

 

you're really data mining aren't you lol 

[rtmohanlal]

Nevertheless the man would have scored a 100+ had he not been run out.Captaincy also was a burden for him at which he was never so natural  at the first place. And would have got another 100+ had he been not given out of a big no ball on 92  of Bishop's bowling at Barbados.But then Ambrose was such a nasty bowler who on his day would make any batsman uncomfortable at the crease.

Edited December 28, 2017 by rtmohanlal

[bsriharsha]

Probably one odd occasion where he wasn't comfortable. Nothing wrong with that. I remember seeing sachin handling Ambrose pretty well in other occasions.

Nothing to read here.

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[New guy]

No, no, no. @velu does Dhoni. @Rasgulla does Sachin. Did you forget to switch accounts?

[velu]

8 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

Article from 7 years back

 

you're really data mining aren't you lol 

 

nah .. googled the link before posting

i am trying to get the video as well 

 

Edited December 28, 2017 by velu

[Laaloo]

1 minute ago, velu said:

 

nah .. googled the link before posting

i am trying to get the video as well 

 

try to get the balls faced vs each bowlers as well. don't know if they used to have those stats back then.

[NameGoesHere]

Over the next decade I believe there won't be a single contemporary bowler left undiscovered who didn't make Tendulkar's legs go shaky shaky achy braky.

[velu]

2 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

try to get the balls faced vs each bowlers as well. don't know if they used to have those stats back then.

 

 

for sachin  , ambrose ka balls might be coming from the sky  

[New guy]

5 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

try to get the balls faced vs each bowlers as well. don't know if they used to have those stats back then.

Don't forget RPT and 4th innings averages

[velu]

8 minutes ago, NameGoesHere said:

Over the next decade I believe there won't be a single contemporary bowler left undiscovered who didn't make Tendulkar's legs go shaky shaky achy braky.

 

sehwag , more man of the series than god , but played half the games 

 

[MechEng]

I don't remember one batsman who was comfortable facing Ambrose.

[Laaloo]

9 minutes ago, velu said:

 

 

for sachin  , ambrose ka balls might be coming from the sky  

ok but still try to get those stats if you can. I'll be waiting  

[vvvslaxman]

I think the story i talked about years back in the ICF except for one difference. It was Rahul Dravid who covered for Sachin not Sidhu.

 

[Rightarmfast]

If Shane Warne could get nightmares of Sachin, nothing wrong in Sachin being uncomfortable against Ambrose, Walsh, Akram, Mcgrath, Akhtar. These were top notch bowlers. 

 

What made Sachin great was, despite all these challenges he still walked on, took the challenges. 

[vvvslaxman]

Yes he may have had his discomfort. Personally if i can say one bowler who had slight edge over Sachin , that was Alan Donald. Other legendary fast bowlers i would give 50/50 atleast.

[velu]

3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

I think the story i talked about years back in the ICF except for one difference. It was Rahul Dravid who covered for Sachin not Sidhu.

 

that could have been even worse for the fans  to digest

i think sachin asked dravid to cover mcgrath 

 

[velu]

7 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

ok but still try to get those stats if you can. I'll be waiting  

some sachin fan will be already diggign the excel sheet to defnd him  

[Laaloo]

Just now, velu said:

some sachin fan will be already diggign the excel sheet to defnd him  

dont worry about defending. get me those numbers 

 

I can show you how Kuldeep yadav shielded Dhoni from Lakmal in recent times ;)