Former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has claimed that two frames have been lower within the replay in an effort to make the ball miss the stumps and preserve Sachin Tendulkar within the World Cup semi-final match of 2011 in Mohali.
“I played in the 2011 World Cup in India. If you could remember the controversial call of Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket. Umpire and I still say he was out. They cut the last two frames to make the ball miss the stumps. Otherwise, it would have directly hit the middle stump,” mentioned Ajmal on Nadir Ali’s podcast. Ajmal additionally then mentioned that he obtained a variety of abuse from Indian followers after he finally snagged Tendulkar’s wicket later within the recreation.
At the time, Tendulkar was batting on 23 and Ajmal’s ball went onto hit his pad in entrance of the stumps. Umpire Ian Gould raised his finger however Tendulkar determined to go for the DRS assessment. Later after the choice was overturned, Tendulkar went on to attain 85 runs and helped India get to a complete of 260 in opposition to Pakistan. Indian bowlers then bundled their opposition out for 231.
Ajmal additionally spoke about taking part in in opposition to Tendulkar and getting him out twice throughout his time as a bowler and in addition spoke concerning the time the previous Indian batsman was his captain for the MCC match.
“Sachin. He is a legend. He scored more than 20,000 runs. It is a big thing to take his wicket. When I played with him, I realized what it means to play a match against Sachin. I also played the MCC match with him. He was my team’s captain,” mentioned Ajmal.
He then added, “He told me, ‘Show me your doosra’. Legend is a legend. I respect him. But at the same time, it was not tough for me to bowl against him. As a cricketer, I have played two times against Sachin and dismissed him twice.”
