Playing alongside Sachin Tendulkar has been a dream for a lot of players around the world and due to the Indian Premier League (IPL), many did get the opportunity.
Playing alongside Sachin Tendulkar has been a dream for a lot of players around the world and due to the Indian Premier League (IPL), many did get the opportunity.
Recalling one such incident is South African cricketer Ryan McLaren. In a video uploaded on the Cricket World Cup Twitter handle, the all-rounder who mostly comes to bat around eight was asked to open in a Mumbai Indians (MI) match.
He said, "The one occasion that I did open the batting was in IPL 2010 in India. I was playing for Mumbai Indians and I used to bat at eight with Dwayne (Bravo) and Kieron (Pollard) ahead of me.
"It was rocked up at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and I got called by Sachin (Tendulkar) and he said to me, you got to be opening the batting today. It was like a massive shocker. It was like a kid was stealing your ice-cream.
"But we rocked up and I was little surprised having to face Dale Steyn in bowling and at that stage, he was pretty fast as well. But I mean, if you said to me at any stage of my career that I was going to be opening the batting with Sachin, I would have taken it and laughed at you. But I ended up making about 40 in that game. Ya great experience".
He also spoke about how Sachin was calm and used to the noisy stadium while he was nervous as he never opened batting before.
"Honestly he was quite calm. He is obviously used to that sort of noise. I faced the first ball and I had obviously not had experience opening the batting in the powerplay in T20 cricket, I was trying to hit the ball, but he just kept me calm and said 'listen just play good cricket instead of trying to slog'. I just remember him being very calm. It is a great memory in my career."
He is currently part of the ICC U19 World Cup and as for India's performance, they are the first team to book a spot in the semi-finals of the tournament.
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