Four interesting stories/facts about Sachin Tendulkar

#1 Witty reply from Sir Don Bradman

Bradman flanked by Warne and Tendulkar

In his autobiography, Tendulkar mentions that 1998 was a special year in his career and cherishes several memories from that year. Scoring a century at Lord’s in the Princess Diana Memorial match is one such memory. Although, not being an official international match, scoring a century at the Lord’s is still his one of the most memorable innings.

We have all heard the story of Warne and Tendulkar meeting Sir Don Bradman. But very few of us know about the witty reply that the Australian legend gave when asked about his average if he would have been actively playing the game during that period.

It was Bradman's 90th birthday. Both Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar got a chance to meet him. During the conversation, Tendulkar asked Bradman about how he would play the game in the modern era and adjust to the changes. The great man replied saying that he didn’t think that he would have made more runs due to defensive field settings.

When asked what would be his batting average if he would play during this period, Bradman replied by saying that he would have managed an average of about 70 runs. To this, both Tendulkar and Warne were surprised and rightly so, as the man averaged 99.94 and now he was talking about a much lesser average. Quite naturally, both enquired further only to receive a witty reply from Bradman. The iconic right-hander quipped - "Well, 70 isn’t bad for a 90 year-old!".