7 'must-know' amazing stories of legendary Indian cricketers

#4 When Sachin played with tissues inside his underwear

The God Of Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin had a lot to tell Cricket lovers about Cricket and himself in his autobiography. While some of the anecdotes and stories were amazing and mesmerizing, others a little embarrassing (for him) and rather amusing. But, they still show why the ‘Master Blaster’ played for as long as he did.

As the story goes… India had to face Sri Lanka at Johannesburg in the ‘Super 6’ stage of the 2003 ICC World Cup; but Tendulkar had an upset stomach; and he felt extremely dehydrated. Yet, the genius decided to play; and he handled the tough situation in his own way. He said, in his book, “The situation was so bad that I had to bat with tissues inside my underwear. I even had to go back to the dressing room during one of the drink breaks and was feeling extremely uncomfortable in the middle.”

Tendulkar managed to score 97 runs in that match, leading India to an important victory. He also ended the tournament as the highest run scorer. He proved again that it surely takes a lot of dedication to be the best.