Kumble lavishes praise on Sachin Tendulkar - Cricket News Update
Former Indian captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 last week.
In an interview to a leading daily, the legendary leg-spinner said that the hall mark of the Indian batting maestro has been his tendency to adapt to different conditions quickly.
"The brilliant thing about Sachin is his adaptability,” said Kumble, who shared Indian dressing room with the batting veteran for almost two decades, from 1990 till 2008. “He could quickly adapt in any given condition. That's the hallmark of a great player,"
Kumble added further.
Sachin, who will be turning 39 on April 24, has been stagnant at 99 centuries for a complete one year before reaching the milestone at Shere Bangla stadium in Mirpur last Friday, March 16, 2012.
Kumble, a former teammate of the Indian batting prodigy, said that he had witnessed 80 of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607’s 100 centuries and found him equally energetic in all the innings.
"I have been a witness to 80 of those 100 hundreds and at least on 20 occasions, I have been at the other end,” said Kumble who played 132 Tests and 271 One Day Internationals for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 during an international career spanning 18 years.
“I would invariably arrive when he would be in his 80's and the second new-ball would be due. My job on each and every occasion was to ensure that I don't give my wicket easily which would help him to get his hundred," he added further.
Asked about Sachin’s most memorable knocks, Kumble said that the 242 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 at Sydney was a phenomenal knock in which the Master Blaster didn't hit a single cover drive till he reached 200.
The charisma of Test cricket has faded away with the introduction of T20 cricket, but for Kumble Test cricket still remains a priority.
"If you are able to consistently perform in longer version, that performance would help you do well in T20s and One-days but it's never the other way round," said Kumble who has around 1000 international wickets in his bag, 619 Test and 337 ODI wickets.
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