Sachin Tendulkar Explains How Shane Warne Had Tough Time Having Spicy Food At His House

Legendary Indian player Sachin Tendulkar recalled an incident with late Australian cricketer Shane Warne when the spin wizard had visited his house for dinner.

On March 4, Warne passed away at the age of 52 and shocked the entire cricket fraternity, the autopsy report revealed his death was caused by natural reasons. The entire world including Tendulkar expressed condolence messages on the passing of the legendary Australian bowler.

Sachin Tendulkar and I got along great: Shane Warne

Tendulkar’s one of the greatest highlights of his career was to tackle the surprising spin deliveries of Warne and get the better of him on the pitch. However, both the players had the utmost respect for each other and would often spend some quality time after their retirement. Warne had spoken about his visit to Tendulkar’s house in Mumbai in his documentary available on Amazon Prime.

“Sachin and I got along great, we were great mates and still are. When we got to India, it was Warne vs Tendulkar, it wasn’t Australia vs India. Everyone wanted to see it. I went to his place…I thought I will go for dinner and then go back to the hotel,” Warne had said in his documentary.

“I took a bite of the chicken to start with and nearly blew my head off. I kept cutting it up and moving it to the side. I had too much respect for him and for his family,” he added.

I realised Shane Warne can not handle spicy food: Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar, too, spoke about this instance and revealed that Warne wasn’t comfortable with the taste of the food but the legendary bowler didn’t complain about it and instead went into the kitchen to make his own food.

“We were in Mumbai and I said why don’t you come home for a meal. I said do you like Indian food? He said I love it and he said however you guys cook at home,” Sachin said, as reported by Hindustan Times.

“I noticed that Shane kept nudging my manager all the time…my manager told me that Shane hadn’t eaten anything. While I am busy serving others, Shane is putting his food onto his plate and that’s when I realised Shane can not handle spicy food.

“He didn’t want to hurt me, but he kept nudging my manager and saying ‘help me’. By the end of that evening, Shane had gone into the kitchen and was making sausages and beans and mashed potatoes – he ended up eating that at my place. That’s Shane for you,” he added.

Warne picked 1001 international wickets- 708 in Tests and 293 in ODIs- from 339 international matches in 15 years of his international career.

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