Sachin Tendulkar batted with tissue paper stuffed in his underwear; troubled opposition
Sachin Tendulkar batted with tissue paper stuffed in his underwear; troubled opposition
The legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar once batted with tissue paper stuffed in his underwear. The weird incident took place during 2003 World Cup when the super six teams were playing for the coveted cup. Sachin in his book ‘Playing it my way’ revealed that he went on to bat with tissue papers stuffed in his underwear.
India was playing Sri Lanka when Sachin was affected with dehyderation. Sachin was suffering from loose motion and he was afraid that something could go wrong on the field. Sachin went with tissue paper stuffed in his underwear in case something goes wrong.
Sachin in his autobiography describes that he was suffering from dehydration and having a stomach ache. I mixed a spoon of salt in my energy drink in hope of getting well soon but the opposite happened. I got loose motion and bad stomach.
But his bad stomach did not get in way of his bat. Sachin opened the innings with Virender Sehwag and went on to smash 97 runs, while his opening partner scored 66. Skipper Sourav Ganguly also played a crucial knock of 48. India went on to make 292 runs from 50 overs.
In reply, Indian bowler bundled out Sri Lanka for just 109 runs in 23 overs. Javagal Srinath and Ashish Nehra took four wickets each, while Zahir Khan scalped 2 to his name. India qualified for the finals but lost to dominating Australia. Sachin Tendulkar was the highest run-scorer of the tournament and got the player of the tournament award.