"A Bunny Is Someone Who Constantly Troubles A Batter…" - Abdul Razzaq Makes A Big Statement On Sachin Tendulkar

Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq praised legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar and described him as a “world-class batsman”. Abdul Razzaq said that Sachin Tendulkar rescued the team many times with his batting in his illustrious 24-year international career.

Earlier, Tendulkar hailed Razzaq as one of the toughest bowlers he faced in his international career. The right-arm pacer dismissed Sachin six times in one-day internationals (ODIs). The pacer troubled the former Indian skipper between 2000 and 2006.

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Abdul Razzaq said that he was praised when Sachin Tendulkar mentioned him as the toughest bowler to face in his international career.

“First of all, Sachin Tendulkar was and will always remain a world-class batsman. However, the star that he was and the kind of fan following which he had, Sachin didn’t need to say it (that Razzaq was a tough bowler to face),” Razzaq said on The Nadir Ali podcast.

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“I never understood Sachin’s need to take my name. He could have named anyone – Glenn McGrath, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Ambrose and Walsh, Muralitharan and Shane Warne. So he didn’t need to. It was his greatness.

The words he chose for me – and I’ve said this earlier as well – he was being too kind. Not once; he said it quite a few times. Even Sehwag did. A bunny is someone who constantly troubles a batter. But I never gloated in it too much.”

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The 43-year-old recalled how the senior players in the squad used to tell the bowlers about picking Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket, which was crucial for them.

“When the ball swings, even the greatest of batters get troubled. Sachin Tendulkar was a one-man army for the Indian team. Whenever we played against India, our seniors always told us to get Sachin’s wicket,” he further stated.

“So he was always a target. In fact, there was a time when in the CB Series in Australia when I got him out. In 2006, the Indian team then came to Karachi in which Irfan Pathan picked a hat-trick and we somehow took the total to 240-odd.”

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“When Sachin batted, we had [Mohammad] Asif, [Mohammad] Sami and myself. When they all finished their spell, only two overs were remaining in the day. Younis Khan, who was the captain, signalled that I had to bowl the over to Tendulkar.

I had no such thought in my mind so said to myself ‘What is Younis thinking?’ When I got the ball in my hands, I realised it was Tendulkar in front. And believe me, I just pitched the ball in the right area and Tendulkar was bowled. If you look at the match, from the clip, he got out in my first over.”

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