Shoaib Akhtar vs Sachin Tendulkar

Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is considered one of the deadliest fast bowlers in cricket history.

He holds the record for throwing the fastest ball (161 kmph against New Zealand, 2002).

Akhtar enjoyed rivalry with some of the greatest batsmen of the game, one of them being India legend Sachin Tendulkar.

Both have faced and outplayed each other many times throughout their careers.

The competition between these two giants started in 1999, when Pakistan toured India for the first match of the Asian Test Championship (IND vs PAK).

In this match (India vs Pakistan) played in Kolkata, Pakistan had registered a close victory of 46 runs over India.

In which Akhtar had dismissed Tendulkar on the very first ball of the first innings, which completely calmed the crowd present at the Eden Gardens.

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Nearly 23 years later, Shoaib Malik recalled an interesting incident that happened two days before the start of the Test in Kolkata.

Malik revealed that Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar and Azhar Mahmood - who were part of the Test - had gone out for dinner two days before the match when the incident took place.

Shoaib Malik said on A Sports, “Shoaib bhai, Shahid bhai went out to eat.

Some kids came, took autographs from Lala, and from Azhar Bhai.

Then asked Shoaib Bhai, 'What is your name?'."

He further said, "Two days later there was a Test match, so he said, 'After two days you will be just taking my name'. He got Sachin out on the first ball then."

Malik's anecdote Soon experts at the studio - Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Misbah - applauded the former Pakistan pacer.

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