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#2 Shane Warne
Record in India: Matches: 9 Wickets: 34 BBI: 6-125 Avg: 43.11 5-wicket-haul: 1
If you think of the 90s, a plethora of iconic tussles- Atherton-Donald, Wasim-Lara, Waugh-Ambrose, Lara-McGrath (to name a few) come to mind; the bowler charging in, the batsman not giving an inch. The Tendulkar-Warne rivalry sits at the absolute pantheon of all the iconic tussles during that period of time.
The 1998 Border-Gavaskar Trophy was built around the Tendulkar-Warne rivalry. Warne drew first blood when he got Tendulkar slashing outside off to hole out at slip in the first innings at Chennai. But, unfortunately, it would turn out to be one of the few bright moments for the champion leg-spinner on Indian shores.
While Tendulkar completely dominated him in the 1998 series, three years later, VVS Laxman was coming down the track and driving him between long-on and deep midwicket with ease.
Warne finally got it right to an extent in Australia's historic triumph in 2004. At an average of 30.07, Warne claimed 14 wickets in the three-match series, giving some respectability to his beleaguered numbers in India.
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