Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar would’ve scored “one lakh runs” had he played with the present rules in cricket, said Pakistan’s pace ace Shoaib Akhtar.
“You have brought two new balls. You have made the rules stricter. You give as much leverage as possible to batsmen. You allow three reviews. Imagine if Sachin (Tendulkar) had three reviews during his time, he would have scored 1 lakh runs,” said Akhtar on his YouTube channel.
Tendulkar finished his career with 100 centuries and 164 fifties, a total of 34,357 international runs.
“Poor Sachin – I say ‘poor Sachin’ because he initially played against Wasim (Akram) and Waqar (Younis), he played against Shane Warne, then played against Brett Lee and Shoaib (Akhtar), and later he played the next generation of fast bowlers. That’s why I call him a very tough batsman,” he added.
“It’s very batting-oriented cricket nowadays. Earlier, as a batsman, you would enjoy watching the fast bowlers approaching you with hair flying, bowling bouncers.”
