WATCH: Sachin Tendulkar lauds Sushila Meena’s Zaheer-Khan inspired bowling action; video goes viral

A video on social media of a young girl bowling her heart out has been creating an immense amount of buzz online. The 12-year-old, who has been identified as Sushila Meena, coming from an agricultural household, was seen bowling left-arm over in a village in Rajasthan while playing barefoot with other children of her age.

In the same vein, the former Indian cricketing legend, Sachin Tendulkar, recently uploaded a tweet on the same. He analyzed and lauded her smooth bowling action. Interestingly, Tendulkar also pointed out how her action was quite similar to the former India pacer Zaheer Khan.

Moreover, the iconic high jump stride before bowling a ball of the young girl got both the cricketers in awe of her. Besides, Sachin also tagged ex-Indian pacer and erstwhile Indian and Mumbai Indians teammate Zaheer Khan and asked for his views on the bowling action of Sushila Meena. the former pacer was prompt in his response to Sachin's tweet, agreeing on the immense talent Sushila possessed.

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Check out the viral video of Sushila Meena posted by Sachin Tendulkar here:

Smooth, effortless, and lovely to watch! Sushila Meena’s bowling action has shades of you, @ImZaheer.
Do you see it too? pic.twitter.com/yzfhntwXux

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) December 20, 2024

You’re spot on with that, and I couldn’t agree more. Her action is so smooth and impressive—she’s showing a lot of promise already! https://t.co/Zh0QXJObzn

— zaheer khan (@ImZaheer) December 20, 2024

Zaheer Khan took over 600 wickets for India

The left-arm pacer was a vital component of Team India during his international stint. In the 309 internationals Zaheer has featured in, he was successful in scalping a tally of 610 wickets. Interestingly, Sachin and Zaheer have been involved in 24 instances where the former has effected a dismissal with the latter bowling while playing for Team India.