New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar’s greatness lies in his batting but former India teammate, VVS Laxman, also considers the retiring legend as an under-rated and a clever bowler who has played his part in a couple of famous Test and ODI wins.
Playing in his penultimate Test, Tendulkar caused the Eden Gardens to erupt after having West Indies’ Shane Shillingford trapped in front of the wicket for his 46th Test wicket in Kolkata on Wednesday.
“Sachin is an under-rated bowler. I called him a man with a golden arm. He is a wicket-taking bowler, when he bowls you can expect something to happen,” Laxman said of Tendulkar.
“He has lots of variation. He can bowl medium pace, googly and leg-spin. He can turn the ball in a big way. His most potent delivery is leg-spin and if the length is right he can extract bounce from the pitch and that is very dangerous for any batsman,” he said.
“Everybody knows what happened during the Hero Cup semifinal against South Africa at the Eden (in 1993). He told then captain Mohd. Azharuddin to give the ball to him. So today, it was a masterstroke from Dhoni to give the ball to Tendulkar who did not disappoint his captain,” Laxman said of Tendulkar. (PTI)
