Sachin Tendulkar calls the 1990s 'one of the darkest phases' in Indian cricket
Updated On: 24 April, 2023 09:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello
The 2007 World Cup exit was a low blow for Team India, but Sachin Tendulkar feels the 1990s was…
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Sachin Tendulkar during India’s training session on the eve of their 1999 World Cup match v England at Edgbaston. Pic/Getty Images
Sachin Tendulkar was undeniably the world’s finest batsman of the 1990s in both formats of the game—5,626 runs in 69 Tests and 8,571 runs in 228 ODIs. But ask him about a phase when things could have panned out differently than they actually did, and he says the 1990s.
‘Everything operated differently’
In an interview in the build-up to his 50th birthday, which he celebrates today, Tendulkar told mid-day: “The 1990s could have been different for sure. But everything operated differently at that stage. That was also, I felt, possibly one of the darkest phases in Indian cricket,” said Tendulkar.
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