Two decades ago a seer saw a diamond "Sachin", this was before he was handed the Indian cap,when he was just 16 years. This seer was Naren Tamhane wicketkeeper batsman of Indian cricket team in 1960.
It was the selection for the Pakistan tour of 1989, and the five wise intelligent selectors Naren Tamhane, Gudappa Vishwanath , Akash Lal, and Ramesh Saxena along with the chairman of the selection committee Raj Singh Dungarpur were completely lost in a thought and were confused over a 16 year old innocent fragile looking Sachin . Their worry was that when biggies, bow down to the fearsome Pakistan bowling attack what this kid can do. Can he face the thunderbolts from Imran Khan,Waqar Younis,Wasim Akram and the flights of Abdul Qadir. And if the kids self confidence gets busted his career will be as good as over.
They were discussing Sachin for one hour,and one of the selectors said no doubt he is talented but can he face the fearsome attack of Pakistan and if he fails than........ his sentence was cut short by a thundarbolt by Tamhane and he shouted '' Tendulkar never fails "
Raj Singh once said " Naren was disgusted because we were not taking Sachin seriously, even I was not convinced with Naren . But at the end of the series we all praised his judgement.
It was the selection for the Pakistan tour of 1989, and the five wise intelligent selectors Naren Tamhane, Gudappa Vishwanath , Akash Lal, and Ramesh Saxena along with the chairman of the selection committee Raj Singh Dungarpur were completely lost in a thought and were confused over a 16 year old innocent fragile looking Sachin . Their worry was that when biggies, bow down to the fearsome Pakistan bowling attack what this kid can do. Can he face the thunderbolts from Imran Khan,Waqar Younis,Wasim Akram and the flights of Abdul Qadir. And if the kids self confidence gets busted his career will be as good as over.
They were discussing Sachin for one hour,and one of the selectors said no doubt he is talented but can he face the fearsome attack of Pakistan and if he fails than........ his sentence was cut short by a thundarbolt by Tamhane and he shouted '' Tendulkar never fails "
Raj Singh once said " Naren was disgusted because we were not taking Sachin seriously, even I was not convinced with Naren . But at the end of the series we all praised his judgement.
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