Sachin Tendulkar Pays Tribute To Don Bradman On His 111th Anniversary

Even now, if you list out any batting records on paper, one of the regular names to be displayed on top of the page is Sir Don Bradman. The flamboyant batsman was a force to reckon with during his times. The average he set for a batsman is still the benchmark for the generation after the generation. Not even a single person came close to his stat, which shows his brilliance as the batsman. Meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar remembers Don Bradman on his 111th Anniversary.

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I remember Don Bradman for his graciousness – Sachin Tendulkar

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to remember the ‘Don’ as he paid his tribute to the legend of the sport and reminisces about the time he met him Sachin Tendulkar revealed the other side of Don Bradman, who got a great sense of humour with a mix of class. He included a nice photograph of them as well.

Born on this day in 1908 in Cootamundra, New South Wales, he was England’s worst nightmare. He made his international debut for Australia at a ripe age of 20 against England at Brisbane in 1928. In the ’30s and ’40s, the Aussie batsman established himself as a world-class cricketer and at a time, people felt he was way ahead of his time.

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In the 52 Test matches (80 innings) he has played for Australia, the Don scored 6996 runs, with a highest of 334, an astonishing average of 99.94. He has 29 Test centuries and 13 fifties. In 1930 he scored 974 runs against England, with 309 coming in on just one day at Headingley.

After he retired at the age of 40, Bradman was still quite active in the sport by acting as an administrator, selector and writer for three decades. Don Bradman ended his career by topping a maximum number of batting charts available in the game of cricket.

Coming back to Sachin Tendulkar’s tweet, he captioned “A lot of people remember Sir Don Bradman for his extraordinary batting; I remember him more for his graciousness and sense of humour that I experienced when I had the privilege of spending some time with him in 1998.”

A lot of people remember Sir Don Bradman for his extraordinary batting; I remember him more for his graciousness and sense of humour that I experienced when I had the privilege of spending some time with him in 1998. pic.twitter.com/pF1KJ7S9Fq

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 27, 2019