1994 Sachin Tendulkar 82 off 49 balls FIRST INNINGS OPENING THE BATTING

[Trichromatic]

 

[Trichromatic]

ODI cricket has evolved and 25 years down the line Indian openers are scoring 25 runs in 49 balls.

[Vijy]

Just now, Trichromatic said:

ODI cricket has evolved and 25 years down the line, openers are planning to score 25 runs in 49 balls.

they have learnt the subtle art of tuk-tuking.

[Trichromatic]

[Stan AF]

Woke up at 03:30 during school to watch this and wasn't disappointed.

 

That the TM took 5 years to realize his potential is a crying shame.

[Vijy]

1 minute ago, Stan AF said:

Woke up at 03:30 during school to watch this and wasn't disappointed.

 

That the TM took 5 years to realize his potential is a crying shame.

TM in early 00s was kinda like today... quite backward in their thinking.

[Norman]

Why wasn't he consolidating? 

[nitinbwj]

Ajay Jadeja was the other opener..

[R!TTER]

He would avg 60-70 today & strike above 100+ easily! The fakers & posers have nothing on him, especially this guy 

[rageaddict]

Such an innings would be considered " Legendary " even by today's standards. BCCI really wasted the starting 5-6 years of Sachin. It's only during the 1996 WC when Sachin got the ideal opportunity to fulfill his potential and never looked back. 

 

Ganguly joined SRT at the Top and from 96-99 Indian openers displayed the most entertaining form of Odi Cricket. 

 

It's a shame that a batsman like SRT had to wait around 70-80 matches to register his first Odi Ton, while in today's era for example Halwas like Imam Ul Haq have 7 Centuries in just 40 Odis.  

 

 

Edited March 27, 2021 by rageaddict

[ShoonyaSifar]

Distinct memories. Was a Sunday morning. Star Sports was showing the series live. Sachin got out at around 7-7.30 in the morning and we were in our cricket ground by 8 (instead of normal 6.30-7).

 

That daynonwards, so many of us kids got liberated from the tyranny of being forced to study despite our first love being cricket (sports in general). Thank you Sachin 

Edited March 27, 2021 by ShoonyaSifar

[Lone Wolf]

Lol & we had to witness Dhawan with his ultra slow reflexes trying to muscle the ball down the track only to be cramped for Room with such flat decks better bats & ultra fast outfileds they can never match the dynamism of SRT in prime. 

 

[RajBan]

3 hours ago, Stan AF said:

Woke up at 03:30 during school to watch this and wasn't disappointed.

 

That the TM took 5 years to realize his potential is a crying shame.

The TM if then and now are similar. Ganguly was dropped after one match for 4 years while they kept on playing Sastry and Manjrekar. Tendulkar's opening was also a last min change, otherwise he was typically playing 3 down. The current TM has definitely taken it a step ahead. A guy like Tendulkar won't even get chance under current TM . They will prefer to keep Pant in the bench and Shaw out of squad while playing Dhawan as an opener.

[Trichromatic]

13 minutes ago, MultiB48 said:

This was an odd inning ,he didn't bat like this most of the time.

 

At this SR? No. Risky game, yes.

[raki05]

20 minutes ago, MultiB48 said:

This was an odd inning ,he didn't bat like this most of the time.

But his sr was better than any player durin his time. His SR was freaking 90 around after playing for so long and facing so many varieties of bowlers. Also till 2000 most of the ODIs were also played with single red balls only in Sena it was with white ball.

[neel roy]

Why even go to Sachin. Lesser players in Ganguly has played blistering innings at start in worse pitches than pune

[raki05]

9 minutes ago, MultiB48 said:

post some innings where he batted this aggressively .

Anywhere did I mention he played like this .

[Trichromatic]

30 minutes ago, MultiB48 said:

post some innings where he batted this aggressively .

 

 

 

 

 

[Trichromatic]

 

[Trichromatic]

19 minutes ago, MultiB48 said:

When did that happen?

 

Ganguly was conservative player who would happily block after seeing batsman attacking from other end.