25 Unbelievable facts about Indian cricket

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi

5. 'Never again mate'

Brad Hogg dismisses Sachin Tendulkar
Brad Hogg dismisses Sachin Tendulkar

This incident took place during an ODI match in Hyderabad in 2007. Brad Hogg dismissed the great Sachin Tendulkar. After the game, Hogg went up to the Master Blaster with a photograph. It the chinaman bowler's own words: "(It) had the stumps in the frame with the bails on the ground, he was walking off, Adam Gilchrist trying to control my enthusiasm and I was celebrating ecstatically as though the wicket had saved my career."

Sachin Tendulkar blissfully signed this photograph along with the words 'Never again mate'.They two were involved in 7 ODIs and 3 Tests after this incident which sums up to 13 innings in the next two years. But, not for a single time was Brad Hogg able to dismiss Sachin on these instances. Hogg termed this as: 'Never a truer word said!'. The Western Australian picked up 157 wickets in his ODI career.

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