Tendulkar succumbs to Warne’s guile
India started well with Azharuddin winning the toss, opting to bat first in hot conditions. Nayan Mongia and Navjot Singh Sidhu got India off to a flying start with a 122-run partnership before Mongia fell to Kasprowicz. In the following over, Sidhu was seen walking back to the pavilion, falling short of his crease to a throw from Mark Waugh.
In walked Tendulkar with the score reading 126-2. The first ball, and the Little Master got rid of his butterflies with an uppish off drive between Warne and mid-off for four. The battle had only begun.
In the very next ball, Warne produced a ripper that beat the defence of Tendulkar. The following delivery saw him pitching the ball in the same area albeit this time, the ball found the edge of the Little Master’s bat and settled into the hands of Mark Taylor, who pouched it without any trouble.
Tendulkar had to walk back after scoring just four and Warne had won the first battle. With a clever mix of pace and variation assisted by vicious spin, the leg-spinner went on to pick four wickets in the first innings, restricting India to 257.
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