Sachin Tendulkar is a name in international cricket that needs no introduction. Sachin Tendulkar, who played the game for 24 years, made many records during his career with the bat. There are many records made by him which can be called very difficult for other batsmen to surpass.
People also call Sachin Tendulkar by the name of ‘God in Cricket’. All the cricket fans remember his batting figures but he has played an important role in helping the team win many times even with his bowling.
Sachin Tendulkar has played cricket for the Indian team in all three formats of international cricket . During this, he has surprising performance even while bowling. Batting stats and other things, you must have known about Sachin Tendulkar, but very little is known about the feat he has accomplished with the ball.
Sachin Tendulkar took a total of 201 wickets in all three formats in his international career. During this, he showed the way to the pavilion to many legends of world cricket.
In this article, we take a look at 4 legendary batters who have been the victim to Sachin Tendulkar for the most times.
Mahela Jayawardene
World cricket’s formidable batsman and former Sri Lankan team captain Mahela Jayawardene was seen in a lot of trouble against Sachin Tendulkar’s bowling. Sachin Tendulkar dismissed Mahela Jayawardene 3 times in his career. Many times Sachin has bowled against Mahela Jayawardene but the Sri Lankan batsman has looked helpless.
He had to struggle hard to score runs against Sachin. Jayawardene is considered one of those players whose consistency was tremendous.
Arjuna Ranatunga
Former Sri Lankan captain and veteran player Arjuna Ranatunga has been sent to the pavilion by Sachin Tendulkar 3 times in his career. Sri Lanka’s World Cup winning captain Ranatunga played the legendary bowlers with ease but he did not even one in front of Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar has trapped him in the web of his spin 3 times.
Brian Lara
Both Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar of West Indies and India respectively are counted among the great players. The surprising thing is that the West Indies legend was nothing in front of Indian Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar has shown the way to the pavilion to Brian Lara 4 times in international cricket. Lara, who smashed the world’s big bowlers, had to face problems in scoring runs off Sachin’s balls.
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Inzamam-ul-Haq, the former Pakistan captain, has been the victim of Sachin Tendulkar’s bowling the most times in International cricket. Whenever Inzamam was at the crease, Sachin Tendulkar used to get him out. Inzamam has been dismissed a total of 7 times in front of Sachin in Tests and ODIs. This is surprising because Sachin did not bowl regularly but Inzamam had a lot of trouble in front of him.
