IMAGE: The legendary Sachin Tendulkar opened up on how an damage troubled him throughout an Australia tour. {Photograph}: Clive Brunskill/Getty Photographs
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has revealed he needed to handle the recurrence of a painful, decade-old toe damage throughout India’s tour of Australia in 2011-12 which triggered him plenty of hassle.
Tendulkar had suffered a toe damage within the 12 months 2000 and the identical had resurfaced within the subsequent 12 months, which had saved him out of motion for a tri-series in Sri Lanka with New Zealand being the third facet.
The batting legend recalled how the identical affected him badly within the second half of India’s tour of Australia in 2011-12, a collection which the visiting facet misplaced 0-4 to cede the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to the house facet.
Having received the 50-over World Cup in April, it was the identical interval through which the Indian Check facet had gone by means of considered one of its worst phases, having misplaced 0-4 in England earlier the identical 12 months.
“Within the 12 months 2000, I had a toe damage in South Africa following which I took injections as nicely. The identical damage resurfaced after the 2011 World Cup. I do not even know; I didn’t do something which might have put pressure on it.
“Actually, I used to be in London for depart and I used to be going to affix the (Indian) group there,” Tendulkar informed a big gathering of viewers in Mumbai on Friday night throughout an occasion to launch a ebook titled ‘Scintillating Sachin’, and titled ‘Shatkant Ekach’ in Marathi.
Tendulkar, talking in Marathi, knowledgeable that he was in a lot ache and frustration that he discovered it very troublesome to handle, and the native medical doctors advised that he undergoes surgical procedure.
“(In Australia) it was very painful and insufferable. I had used bandages, modified my insoles twice, and was simply managing to play one way or the other. Many of the tour was over however my frustration was solely growing.
“The Australian grounds are onerous, which was making it much more troublesome. The physician advised getting a surgical procedure accomplished,” he mentioned.
Tendulkar mentioned his spouse Anjali flew down…
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