Sachin Tendulkar has scared many bowlers for life with his inconsistent batting, but Bantu Singh saw the spirit of ‘Kurtley Ambrose’ in ‘Little Master’ when he collided with his bouncer, who left him with a many fractures with a sick-temper Renzi match between Dell and Mumbai, which is among the Middles. To laugh when he jogs his memory 32 summer on 20 April 1991. “My nose’s nose is hi Badal Gaya Gan Gan Gan Sachin’s bouncer bouncer.
But Sachin had a background of bouncer who was truly finishing Bantu on all fours.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Mumbai vs Delhi clashes were as much about the ego as it was about playing an exclusive game.
The holy Punjabi abuses used to fly thick and fast from the Delhi camp and returned to Mumbai Tapori language.
“We tried to prepare a green top in Kotla, which had a good carry, but it became a batting paradise. It was a hot game because our seamors Sanjeev (Sharma) and Atul (Vasan) bowled some bouncers for Dilip Bhai (Vengsarkar), who were playing in their last season.
“I remember on at least two occasions, Atul’s bouncers hit Dilip Bhai on the rib cage and started sledging,” Bantu recalled.
Delhi lost the quarter -finals by one run as he completed the first innings from 390 in Mumbai at 389.
The second innings of both teams was the only formality as Mumbai scored 719 runs in their second innings, which rode hundreds of people from captain Sanjay Manjrekar, Sachin Tendulkar and Chandrakant Pandit.
“It was the last day and the boys of Mumbai were a little angry with us due to small items. I hit a hundred in the first innings and was high on confidence. Now in those days Sachin would emphasize the bowling seam-up and was a little more misleading than in reality.” “Once he got the ball, I punched him through a cover for a limit and he took a cold look at me. The next ball, he put it in the attempt and hit a grass patch on the shortage of length.
“Well, I had never worn a helmet with a protective visor (front grille). I was an old-fashioned fashion with the protection of fiber glass on the ears. As soon as the ball climbed on me, I tried to play the bridge shot on the mid-wicket, but the ball hit the toe of my bat and came towards me like a rocket.
“In those days, when a Rangee match was held in Delhi, we will use a red ball from a local company called Capati. Today’s generation which has grown on SG Test does not know that precious balls were like a brick. The moment I hit me, I went away and before I lost my balance, he used to hang my balance.
“My shirt was soaked in the blood and even Sanjay gave blood on his shirt because I left the ground with the help of my colleagues.” Bantu was rushed to Sanjeevan Hospital just behind Kotla and many fractures were detected on his nose, requiring surgery. He had to stay on a liquid diet for at least two months.
But Bantu remembers Sachin, Man.
“The Mumbai team left in the evening after the match ended. It was around 11 at night that our landline phone rang and my father picked up. At the other end, it was Sachin, which I got contact, I do not know. How did he ask, ‘How are the father doing? What are the doctors saying?” My father left. “” Later, whenever we met, he used to ask, “Nose thek hai na tera (now your nose is fine.).”.
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