Sachin Tendulkar opens up on a unique challenge given by his brother during the 2004 Sydney Test

Fondly knows as the God of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar owns several records to his name even after eight years of his retirement. While he used to play on the field, even the best of the bowlers remained in terror of his sight. However, the Tendulkar has also gone with his share of lows in his sparkling career and one of them happened on the 2004 tour of Australia.

Tendulkar was looking low on confidence by scoring just 82 runs in his last five innings and walked up the Sydney Cricket Ground for the 4^th Test of the tour. Australian bowlers, media, and people were getting under his skin and it could be felt that ace batter just couldn’t find answers to anything. He always struggled while playing balls outside off-stump.

However, Tendulkar knew well how to silence his critics and played one of his best knocks ever. Years after that tour, Tendulkar revealed how he was challenged by his brother to get going in the Test. His brother always remained on his side and gave him the challenge to stick on the crease no matter what.

When I went to bat, I realized that they were bowling away from me all the time: Sachin Tendulkar

“For me in Sydney, it wasn’t planned. My brother had challenged me. He asked me that since no one can get me out, are you willing to take up this challenge with me that you are not going to get out in this match. So, I said, okay I am accepting that challenge, no bowler is going to get me out. When I went to bat, I realized that they were bowling away from me all the time,” Tendulkar told The Indian Express.

It has to be noted that in that particular Test, the Master Blaster avoided playing outside the off stumps and came up with a roaring score of 241* and 60*. Tendulkar’s record of 100 international centuries still remains intact and it will be a thing to see if that gets broken anytime soon in the future.