Lara recalls Tendulkar’s 241
Former West Indies batsman Brian Lara said that Sachin Tendulkar's unbeaten 241-run knock against Australia was the most disciplined and determined innings of his Test career.
Tendulkar, who made his debut in the longest format of the game as a 16-year-old, finished his 24-year-long career as Test cricket's highest-run scorer.
"Can you imagine playing Test cricket at the age of 16 until the next 24 years. That is just unbelievable. Sachin has played some amazing innings throughout his career but none with more discipline and determination like his 241 not out against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)," Lara said in an Instagram post.
Citing the example of Tendulkar's innings, Lara asked everyone to show discipline as the world battles COVID-19.
Sachin Tendulkar's unbeaten 241 off 436 balls at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2004, which enabled India to post a mammoth score of 705 for seven in their first innings, was a testimony to what's another great mentioned above.
The match ended in a draw but the concentration and dedication Tendulkar showed will remain alive in the minds of the cricketing fans. In that series, Tendulkar was struggling for form, and he decided to not play cover drive in the final Test of the series.
Sachin was determined that he won't play a single cover drive during the Sydney Test. Moreover, the Aussies had identified Sachin's shortcoming too. The bowlers tried to bowl outside the off-stump consistently to get Tendulkar. So he decided to leave all those deliveries.
The then Australia captain Steve Waugh, his bowlers, and even the commentators were left stunned as Sachin's innings displayed immense mental strength.
"To me, it was a show of incredible fortitude, mental strength discipline," Waugh said last year in an interview.
"He actually followed through and didn't play a cover-drive although he scored a double hundred," Waugh added.
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