If Sachin Tendulkar played in today's day and rules he would have had over one lakh runs in his career.- Shoaib Akhtar
Former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar said that had cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar played in today's day and age he would have had over one lakh runs in his career. While having a talk with former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri, the two spoke about the differences in the game of cricket in their time and now. Shoaib also talked about how Sachin would have significantly scored more runs had he played now instead of when he did because he faced much tougher bowlers. The former Pakistani pacer also said that the game of cricket now has many rules that give an advantage to the batsmen. Two new balls have been added. Rules are stricter. Batsmen have been given a lot of leverage in the form of three reviews. If you would give those three reviews to Sachin then today he would have one lakh runs ." He then proceeded to call Sachin a 'poor thing' and clarified why he said, "I'm calling him a poor thing because he had to face the likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Youn