My best knock was against Pak: Tendulkar

Posted on Nov 14, 2009 at 19:41 | Updated Nov 15, 2009 at 13:02 Comment 0 CommentsEmail Print


New Delhi: We are celebrating 20 years of Sachin Tendulkar entertaining all of us. For 20 years, we've been watching the Master Blaster make us proud. Now in a special chat with CNN-IBN Sachin talks about his career threatening injury and much more.

Sachin Tendulkar: I precisely remember the tennis elbow injury. It was the worst injury I have had so far. It was a difficult phase. I tried every possible treatment. Nothing worked. After getting operated which was the last option, and I was pushed to an extent that I had to undergo a surgery. After that, again I was not feeling great. By then I had become so impatient, I wanted to get back to action. I wanted to start playing. My progress was not taking place at the rate one would expect. But the doctors had told me that you just need to be patient. It will get better. Everything will be fine. It just requires time. In between the pressure was so much. I was getting scared at times that I may not be able to play cricket again...

Sachin Tendulkar: There have been many wonderful moments. If I have to single out one, it has to be the 2003 World Cup match against Pakistan. The entire atmosphere was electrifying, something special. Exactly a year before that, people had started counting the number of days left for that match. So that has to be the special moment. And the lowest point probably was the 2007 World Cup...

Sachin Tendulkar: I have followed Brian's cricket closely. He is a good friend of mine. We shared various things with each other. We discussed how he would approach a particular match or, what would be my mental setup. But at no stage I felt we have competed as such...

You can watch the full interview on Sunday at 12 noon and 10 pm on our special show 'Tendulkar at 20' with our sports editor Gaurav Kalra.

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