Who would not bear in mind Sachin Tendulkar utilizing Shoaib Akhtar’s tempo and reducing him for a six over the third man within the 2003 World Cup. It is a part of folklore and makes each Indian cricket lover completely satisfied and proud. Nonetheless, a couple of summers earlier than that, on a sizzling afternoon in Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Akhtar, often known as the ‘Rawalpindi Categorical’, grew to become a family title, when he received Tendulkar for a golden duck, uprooting his center stump off the bottom courtesy a deadly and quick in-swinging yorker. For sure, the 1 lakh-odd current on the Eden Gardens all of the sudden appeared to have misplaced their voices in a fleeting second.
Shoaib Akhtar and Tendulkar have had some memorable duels on the sector. It was some of the anticipated rivalries on a cricket subject within the late Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s. On Tuesday, the legendary pacer tweeted about considered one of his “favorite rivalries on the bottom” and wished Tendulkar, who has examined optimistic for COVID-19, a speedy restoration.
One in all my favourite rivalries on the bottom. Get properly quickly buddy @sachin_rt pic.twitter.com/mAleuepcwM
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) March 30, 2021
Inside a day, the tweet garnered over 11,600 likes. There have been a couple of hilarious reactions as properly, with many Indian cricket followers mocking the phrase “rivalry”. Whereas some felt he was simply one other bowler and “nothing extra”, others mentioned that Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis had been Tendulkar’s rivals, not Shoaib Akhtar.
Shoaib bhai, U had been simply quick and by no means thought of you as his rivalry.
He had performed and smashed extra legendary bowlers like Ambrose , McGrath, Wasim , Waqar, Vaas, Donald , Steyn Caddick Lee and plenty of extra .U had been simply one other bowler nothing extra..
— Apit (@tweet2api) March 31, 2021
to be trustworthy ..sachin ki rivalary app se nahi akram or yunus se banti thi..
— mohsin (@kharasach000) March 30, 2021
There have been some, who did not need to touch upon any form of rivalry, however as a substitute targeted on placing apart “hatred” and appreciating the truth that the previous Pakistan pacer despatched Tendulkar “a restoration message”.
Put the hatred on aspect guys and recognize that he wished him a restoration message. Being good isn’t too arduous.
— Sagar Khurmi (@khurmi_sagar) March 31, 2021
One other consumer received nostalgic and tweeted that watching outdated matches of “Shoaib vs Sachin” was a visible delight.
We nonetheless maintain watching outdated matches of Shoaib vs Sachin. It is a feast to eyes
— Vishal Ghate (@vghate) March 31, 2021
Amid rising COVID-19 instances in India, a couple of days in the past Tendulkar put up a message on Twitter, stating that he was recovering at house with ‘gentle signs’ of the virus.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 27, 2021
Tendulkar just lately captained the India Legends group that received the Street Security World Collection title.
