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Can you perturb Sachin Tendulkar by speaking Tamil? Find out!

Sachin Tendulkar understood a bit of Tamil and he used it to his advantage while batting against Tamil Nadu in a Ranji Trophy match

By Unnikrishnan
Sachin Tendulkar

Bengaluru, October 24: Sachin Tendulkar can adjust to conditions like few other batsmen can. The legend has showed us that on countless occasions during a remarkable career.

Fine. But can the instincts of Tendulkar be defeated by a seemingly alien language? Tamil in this instance. Let's listen to a lovely little anecdote from the master himself to find out.

The Mumbaikar was attending a function related to the book launch of Rajdeep Sardesai and on the dais were Harsha Bhogle and Sunil Gavaskar.

"It happened during a Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu in Mumbai. The ball started reversing as Tamil Nadu had changed the ball. I just stood two feet outside the crease just to disturb the length of the bowlers.

"From point, Hemang Badani said something to the bowler. He said munnadi munnadi, failing to understand that I had spent some good 15 years in the Indian dressing room with several players from Chennai.

So I understand little bit of Tamil, munnadi and pinnadi, so I was constantly altering my stance so I could follow what Hemang was telling the bowler and do exactly the opposite," said Tendulkar.

GOD No way you can baffle Tendulkar! Badani wrote in his twitter handle later. Indeed!

Story first published: Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 13:09 [IST]
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