‘My hair has turned gray’: Raina reveals how Sachin Tendulkar reacted after reaching a hundredth worldwide ton

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Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar ended the lengthy anticipate his a hundredth worldwide century by reaching the three-figure mark in Asia Cup towards Bangladesh. On May 16, 2012, Tendulkar added one other feather to his already illustrious hat by changing into the first-ever cricketer to attain 100 worldwide tons. 

Often hailed among the many finest batsmen to grace the game, Tendulkar achieved the feat on the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. He stitched a 113-run stand with Virat Kohli after India suffered an early blow within the type of opener Gautam Gambhir. However, after Kohli’s dismissal, it was Suresh Raina who lent help to Tendulkar. 

Raina was additionally on the non-striker’s finish when Tendulkar etched his title into document books by notching up a hundredth worldwide hundred. The Little Master ended up scoring 114 runs from 147 balls, steering India’s whole to 289/5 in 50 overs. Though Bangladesh hunted down the entire with 4 deliveries to spare, Tendulkar was all around the information for reaching the unpreceedented milestone. 

Raina, who additionally shared the dressing room with Tendulkar in the course of the 2011 World Cup, revealed how the legendary participant reacted after ticking off one other staggering achievement. 

“After he took a single off Shakib [Al Hasan] to reach the milestone, I congratulated him saying, ‘Well done, paaji, it was due for so many months.’ He said, ‘My hair has turned grey waiting for this moment.’ That’s when I realised how much mental weight he was carrying all that while,” Raina was quoted as saying by ESPN Cricinfo.

Last 12 months, Raina bid adieu to worldwide cricket together with MS Dhoni. The duo introduced their determination by social media in August, weeks earlier than the beginning of the much-awaited IPL 2020. Raina additionally withdrew from the T20 event within the UAE citing private causes. The left-hander additionally stated that being on the non-striker’s finish as Tendulkar scored his a hundredth century was one of many many memorable moments he shared with the Master Blaster.

“I had many memorable moments with paaji as soon as I began taking part in for India. The greatest one clearly is profitable the 2011 World Cup, however other than that, profitable the CB collection in Australia [in 2008], the ODI and Test collection in New Zealand [in 2008-09] and changing into the No. 1 Test workforce. I used to be on the different finish when paaji scored his a hundredth worldwide hundred,” stated Raina.