Everyone is aware of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar ruling the 22-yard-pitch and sending the opposition into cautious. However, only a few find out about this specific incident when the ‘God of Cricket’ continued to blow up runs for Team India, whereas battling extreme pain.
The Little Master himself revealed an incident involving him and Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar, which occurred through the the latter’s tour to India in 2007. In a digital interplay organised by Unacademy on Sunday, Tendulkar went on to share a narrative from his cricketing days, when he continued playing for over two months with a suspected broken rib.
“I got hit in my rib cage in 2007, while 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,” stated Tendulkar.
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Tendulkar added regardless of being in excessive pain he selected to proceed playing and went on to take part within the remaining ODIs (4) and the Tests.
“But I continued playing like that and had designed my own chest guard. I played the remaining four ODIs and the Test series. Before going to Australia as well, I played whatever cricket there was,” added Tendulkar.
Following the sequence in opposition to Pakistan, the Men In Blue then travelled to Australia for 4 Tests and a limited-over tri-series that includes Sri Lanka.
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Tendulkar, who was a part of each the excursions, continued playing till the ultimate phases of the limited-over sequence however was ultimately dominated out of the Indian squad after selecting a groin damage. He then returned to India and after finishing a full physique scan, the Master Blaster was knowledgeable that he was presumably playing with a broken rib.
“When I went to Australia, I played the whole series – we played the VB series and towards the end of it, I had a groin injury. I came back to India and we did a full body scan. At that time, it was the doctor who told me about it,” added Tendulkar whereas speaking in regards to the incident.
“I did not ask him about my rib, I was worried about my groin injury because the IPL was going to start. But I couldn’t get fit in time and missed the first seven matches. But the doctor told me that there was a hotspot. You must have broken your rib at some stage. It troubled me for two months,” he concluded.
