“Obviously it was great getting my first IPL wicket. I just had to focus on what was in hand, the plan and execute it,” Tendulkar said after the game on the official broadcast. “Our plan [in the last over] was just to bowl wide and get the long boundary [on the off side] into play, make the batsman hit it to the longer side.”
A superb all-round performance by Mumbai Indians once again. Cameron Green impressed with both bat & ball. Ishan & Tilak’s batting is as good as it gets! The IPL is getting more interesting every day. Great going boys!
And finally a Tendulkar has an IPL wicket!#SRHvMI pic.twitter.com/e4MAFEZyjY
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 18, 2023
He wasn’t too hassled, he said. And he didn’t look nervous either.
“I love bowling, I am happy to bowl anytime the captain asks me to and just stick to the team plan and give my best,” he said afterwards.
“We saw in this lead up to the IPL what he was doing; he was bowling fast, nailing those yorkers, and quite clear in his plans as well. Keeping things easy – that’s what he is trying to do [for the team]. He is trying to swing the new ball and bowl yorkers at the death.”
Tougher tests will come as long as Tendulkar keeps doing enough to keep his place in the Mumbai Indians starting XI, which may or may not have been the case had Jasprit Bumrah been around. And for help and tactical support, there’s always Tendulkar Sr, around, in the same squad, and at home.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo