Sachin Tendulkar ought to have been allowed to attain 200: Yuvraj Singh recollects notorious Multan declaration

Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has recalled the notorious name from then captain Rahul Dravid within the 2004 Test between India and Pakistan in Multan, saying Sachin Tendulkar ought to have been allowed to attain a double hundred. Yuvraj mentioned India had sufficient time within the sport to pressure a consequence and revealed that Tendulkar and himself, who had been batting within the center, had been advised to get to their milestones at a faster tempo.

India declared their first innings on 675/5 following Yuvraj Singh’s fifty. As quickly because the left-hander by Imran Farhat, Rahul Dravid referred to as the 2 batters again to the dressing room in a call that left fairly just a few, together with Sachin Tendulkar, stunned. Tendulkar was batting on 194, 6 runs wanting a well-known double hundred on Pakistan soil.

Tendulkar, within the following years, had spoken in regards to the declaration, saying how he was upset by Dravid’s name. in his autobiography, ‘Playing It My Way’ Tendulkar recalled how he had advised his former teammate Dravid that he was not pleased with the decision.

Recalling the flip of occasions earlier than the declaration, Yuvraj Singh mentioned he felt that India ought to have declared after Tendulkar acquired his 200.

“We got a message in between that we had to play fast, and we were going to declare,” Yuraj advised Sports18.

“He could have got those six runs in another over and we bowled 8-10 overs after that. I do not think another two overs would have made a difference to the Test match.

“If it was the third or the fourth day, it’s a must to put the workforce first and they might have declared once you had been at 150. There is a distinction of opinion. I believe the workforce may have declared after his 200,” Yuvraj added.

‘WANTED TO PLAY 100 TESTS’

India managed to win the Multan Test by an innings and 52 runs. Yuvraj Singh had a fine run in whites in the Test series in Pakistan, scoring 230 runs, including a hundred and a fifty.

If early signs were anything to go by, Yuvraj looked primed for a long haul in Test cricket. The all-rounder averaged close to 40 over a consistent period but his form tapered off in the longest format of the game. Yuvraj finished his Test career with 40 matches and scored 1900 runs, including 3 hundreds. The star batter did not play for India in whites after 2012.

“Eventually, when I got opportunities to play Test cricket after Dada’s retirement, I got diagnosed with cancer,” he said.

“It has just been bad luck. I tried 24×7. I wanted to play 100 Test matches, face those fast bowlers, and bat for two days. I gave it everything, but it was not meant to be,”