Sachin Tendulkar: The 2004 Multan Test match between Pakistan and India is usually remembered for former India batsman Virender Sehwag’s brilliant innings of 309 runs. This was the first time an Indian batsman scored a triple century in a Test match. However, another controversial moment came in this match which attracted the attention of the fans.
In that match, when the visiting team was batting on a huge score of 675/5, top order batsman Sachin Tendulkar was unbeaten on 194 runs. However, at this time captain Rahul Dravid decided to declare the innings and Tendulkar missed his double century by six runs. Sachin looked a little unhappy with this decision of Dravid. After which the fans also started feeling that a situation of tension has arisen between the two legendary cricketers.
Sachin Tendulkar: This was the first time I saw Sachin so angry – Aakash Chopra
This was the first time I saw Sachin so angry – Aakash Chopra
Former Team India cricketer Aakash Chopra, while mentioning the story of that match on YouTube channel 2 Slaggers, said that, at that time I was also present in the dressing room and Sachin paaji did not look very happy that day. Although I was not a part of that conversation and neither did I try much, because I was very young. This was the first time I saw paaji so angry, before this I had not seen him losing his temper in anger. Although he did not lose his temper even in such anger. But he was not happy at all, something was not right at that time.
Apart from this, Chopra also revealed that the decision to declare the innings was not of Dravid alone but of the entire team. He also said that despite not being a part of the match, Sourav Ganguly was in the dressing room and he helped the team management to take this decision.
Aakash Chopra said that the decision to declare the innings could not have been taken only by Rahul Dravid, but could have been taken by the team management. Regarding this, Rahul Dravid had said that if he had known that the match would end in four days, he would never have declared the innings.