Sachin Tendulkar Told Me 'One Of Your Deliveries Hit Me And Broke My Ribs': Shoaib Akhtar Reveals On His Meeting At Legendary Indian Batter's House

Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar shared the incident about his conversation with legendary Indian player Sachin Tendulkar on how the bowler incurred an injury to the Indian batting stalwart.

Akhtar claimed 444 international wickets from 224 matches across all formats and head his own shares of battles against Tendulkar on the pitch. Tendulkar, who allured the cricket fans with his captivating shots, is the highest run-scorer in Tests and ODIs. The former Indian player has scored 3,4357 runs from 664 games across all formats.

Sachin Tendulkar Is A Very Good Cook: Shoaib Akhtar

Akhtar revealed his meeting with Tendulkar at the former Indian player’s house where the Master Blaster told the Rawalpindi Express about the injury he endured during an India vs Pakistan match.

“It always feels good sharing stories. Like I and Sachin… Sachin is a very good cook. He once told me I want to cook something for you so you come over sometime. So I went to his million-dollar home and we ate and we then shared stories.

“He told me ‘In Guwahati, one of your deliveries hit me and it broke my ribs’,” Akhtar said in a video shared by sports presenter Shonali Nagrani on her Instagram handle.

“Sachin then said ‘I didn’t tell it to anybody. Sourav kept telling me… ‘Sachin keeps at it. Do not move. But I couldn’t say anything because I could not breathe.’ He told me he spent the night in the hospital. When I asked him why he didn’t tell me, he said ‘if I were to tell you, wouldn’t I have received a few more lethal balls from you’,” added Akhtar.

I got hit in the rib cage off a Shoaib Akhtar ball: Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar himself talked about the painful incident in one of his interactive sessions and admitted that he wasn’t able to cough and sleep but yet he played with a new chest guard.

“I got hit in my rib cage in 2007. We were playing Pakistan in India and in the first over itself I got hit in the rib cage off a Shoaib Akhtar ball. It was quite painful.

“For a month and a half or two months, I was not able to cough or sleep on my tummy. But I continued playing like that and had designed my own chest guard. I played the remaining four ODIs and the Test series,” Tendulkar said during a session on Unacademy.

Last month, Akhtar participated in the Legends League Cricket and picked a couple of wickets for Asia Lions in three matches.

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