SHOAIB AKHTAR INTERVIEW - CONTROVERSY ON SACHIN TENDULKAR - RAHUL TREHAN

Pakistan cricket's enfant terrible Shoaib Akhtar has stirred yet another controversy, this time questioning the class and temperament of India's batting stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.
In his just-published autobiography "Controversially Yours", the temperamental Pakistan speedster has accused Tendulkar of being scared to face his scorching pace on a slow Faisalabad track.
He also claimed that Tendulkar and Dravid were not match-winners nor did they know the art of finishing games.
"....Vivian Richards, Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara and the likes of them are great batsmen who dominated with the bat and were truly match-winners. Initially, when I bowled against Sachin, I found these qualities missing. He might have had more runs and records, he lacked the ability to finish the game," he said in the book, to be formally launched here this evening.
Akhtar, who announced his retirement during the World Cup this year, also cited an example where he felt that Sachin was mighty scared to face him.
"We would have faced a humbling defeat in the series but for the fact that we reined in Sachin Tendulkar.
"What went in our favour was that Sachin was suffering from tennis elbow! This severely handicapped the great batsman. We managed to psychologically brow beat him. Sachin also tempered ball with mud he added.
"We bounced the ball at him and were able to unnerve him. I returned to the dressing room that first day with the knowledge that Sachin was not comfortable facing fast and rising ball. He was distinctly uncomfortable against me. That was enough to build on", he said.

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[vic86m]

Shoaib is so humble! I am a big fan of him.

The idiot Indian media has a habit of blowing things out of proportion.

Regards from India.

[sas1sas11]

SHOAIB PAKISTAN KA CHEETAH JEO .....PAKISTAN ZINDABAD

WASIM AKRAM GANDOO KA BACHA JA INDIA MEIN MA CHODA...

RAWALPINDI EXPRESS ZINDABAD...

WE LOVE YOU SHOAIB...

[xtrmsprts]

@vic86m Indian media does suck...but you have to be on crack if you think this big-mouth gutter filth from rawalpindi or whatever shithole is humble. what he is is talentless, he was nothing without his bent arm and steroids. and now he's a fucking nobody...

[rizwanrashid]

I have both freinds from pakistan and india, think they are very.similar people, all respect to shoaib as he was an.amazing bowler!!!

[saifrizwan]

@trainersaab another idiotic statement. My supporting shoaibs right to freely speak his mind has nothing to do with my loyalty towards India,, but you're obviously too stupid to understand this basic point.

Don't think about this anymore though, since your IQ < 4; eat, shit, piss, sleep & eventually die. I doubt your contribution to humanity can exceed this.

[saifrizwan]

@trainersaab Glad I wasn't bought up in the shit hole you seemed to have been raised in.

[saifrizwan]

@trainersaab Sick ideas only appear to those with sick minds.Seeing how you spewed such vile ideas, I wouldn't be surprised if you're capable of doing the things you've stated. Is this the kind of environment your family has bought you up in? Or are these the values instilled in Indians nowadays? LOL either ways, you're quite a pretty depraved individual. As for your statement about muslims, I could just as easily say, only hindus think of such perverse things.

[TheSidhwandona]

@saifrizwan Thankless Son of a bitch u are,

[TheSidhwandona]

@ibrar164 he was!! no after what he said, now hes trying to justyfy,

[TheSidhwandona]

where is his career ends? evn afridi never gave him chance after ross tayler hit him 28 in one over! n he thinks he good enough to comment on legends?? no i dont think so