When Sachin Tendulkar was nearing his hundred yesterday with his score on 87, Kumar Sangakkara was seen asking the Indian batting master a question at the start of the mandatory overs.
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Sachin Tendulkar is over the moon. PIC/ATUL KAMBLE |
When Sachin Tendulkar was nearing his hundred yesterday with his score on 87, Kumar Sangakkara was seen asking the Indian batting master a question at the start of the mandatory overs.
It turned out that the Sri Lanka captain asked Tendulkar whether he would like to continue and he answered in the affirmative.
Obviously, Tendulkar was in no mood to miss out on a hundred after spending most of his day trying to save the match for India.
Sri Lanka then resorted to negative bowling tactics to deprive Tendulkar from getting to his 43rd Test century.
He won the battle and played some cheeky cricket to achieve his objective. At the end of the day, Sangakkara & Co would only marvel at Tendulkar's grit. He also crossed 30,000 international runs.
