From The Vault: - The Tendulkar Caper at Hyderabad
The name of Sachin Tendulkar is not just another name. It’s a name that evokes different feelings for different people. For an opposition fielding and bowling line-ups, his entry evoked fear, circumspection and on occasions, a sudden call to attention for the bowlers. For his own team and the batsman at the other end, it gave them the best seat in the house to watch a master craftsman create a new work of art. For the fans in the stadium and the hundreds of millions other who watched him on a television set or were listening in on their radio sets, his entry would make them switch off their lives, so said BBC Sports about him. On 5 th November 2009, just days before he completed 20 years of his international career, he added another legendary knock in his overflowing collection of legendary knocks against an opposition he loved to face, while trying to execute another major heist. For those who probably have lost the context of what was happening on 5 th November 2009, Australi...