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Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 Tendulkar does not posses the ability to finish the game despite scoring too many runs in international cricket.
The fastest bowler in history of cricket further stated that Tendulkar feared his pace and was never comfortable facing him even on the slowest of wickets.
Referring to a match played in Faisalabad, Pakistan back in 2006, Shoaib stated, “I bowled (Sachin) a particularly fast ball which he, to my amazement didn’t even touch. He walked away! That was the first time, I saw him walk away from me-- that, too, on
the slow track at Faisalabad. It got my hunting instincts up and in the next match I hit him on the head and he couldn’t score after that.”
The Little Master only managed 14 runs in that game and was dismissed by Shoaib’s menacing bouncer. The ball was short and got big on the batsman, who gloved it to the wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal’s hands.
Although that game ended in a draw, Pakistan still went onto win the home series by winning final Test of the three-match series in Karachi and Sachin was unable to make an impression.
This was not the only time when the Indian maestro was challenged against the extraordinary pace of the Rawalpindi Express.
During the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2003, Pakistan and India clashed in a pool game and Tendulkar was in sublime form, smashing the bowlers to all parts of the park.
However, he was not allowed to complete his century, as Shoaib once again had the final say. The express pacer bowled a fearsome bouncer and even a well set Tendulkar had no answer to it. He played it in an awkward manner and managed to glove it to the hands
of the point fielder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325.
The highest run scorer in Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket got out for 98 in that game, but his side managed to win in the end.
However, Shoaib certainly proved his dominance over the Indian legend on numerous occasions with raw pace, which certainly justifies that he had created fear in the heart of one of the all time best.
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