Spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan says he didn’t concern bowling to the nice Sachin Tendulkar because the Indian maestro wouldn’t harm him like a Virender Sehwag or a Brian Lara.
Among present gamers, worldwide cricket’s highest wicket-taker mentioned India’s Virat Kohli and Pakistan’s Babar Azam would have performed him nicely.
“For Sachin, there was no fear to bowl because he won’t hurt you. Unlike Sehwag who can hurt you. Because he (Sachin) will protect his wicket, he is a good reader of the ball and he knows the technique,” Muralitharan mentioned throughout a chat with Aakash Chopra on ESPNcricinfo.
Muralitharan, the one bowler to have taken 800 Test wickets, added, “I felt in my profession, Sachin had a small weak spot in opposition to off-spin. With leg-spin he smashes however off-spin by some means he had the problem as a result of I obtained him out so many instances. And a number of off-spinners additionally obtained him so many instances, I’ve seen it.
“I don’t know, I never spoke to him regarding this, that why ‘you aren’t comfortable with off-spin.’ I felt in my mind he had a little bit of weakness that’s why I got a little bit of advantage compared to other players. Sachin is a difficult player, it’s very hard to get him out.”
Muralitharan, who has additionally obtained 530 wickets in ODIs in addition to his Test exploits, had dismissed Tendulkar 13 instances in his profession.
He additionally spoke very extremely of Sehwag and Lara, score them as the 2 most tough batsmen he had bowled to throughout the course of his illustrious profession.
“Sehwag is so dangerous, for him we put deep fielders because I know he would go for his chance. He would go for his instincts and he knows ‘On my day I will attack anyone I want’. So what we will do is go for the defensive field and wait for him to make mistake,” Muralitharan mentioned.
He added, “But what Virender Sehwag does is he makes positive that he’ll play two hours of the day and make 150 runs or if he performs the complete day he would make 300, that form of perspective he had.
“So such kind of players were dangerous for us are our match-winners.”
Asked in regards to the present-day batsmen, he picked Kohli and Babar.
“Kohli is a good player of spin, especially in Test cricket. Babar Azam looks like one of the better players.”
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