Each Tendulkar and Gavaskar are legends of Indian cricket, every having made important contributions of their respective eras.
Whereas Gavaskar laid the muse for Indian cricket’s rise within the 1970s and 1980s, Tendulkar carried ahead the legacy, changing into a world icon within the 1990s and 2000s. Their batting information, consistency, and the power to carry out beneath strain have impressed generations of cricketers in India and all over the world.
Gavaskar was the primary participant to attain 10,000 runs in Take a look at cricket. He held the file for essentially the most Take a look at centuries (34) for nearly twenty years earlier than it was surpassed by Tendulkar.
It was within the first Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh on the Bangabandhu Nationwide Stadium in Dhaka within the 2004 collection that Tendulkar equalled Gavaskar‘s file of Take a look at centuries.
The primary Take a look at of the two-match collection noticed Anil Kumble breaking Kapil Dev‘s file of 434 wickets to develop into India’s main Take a look at wicket-taker and the rise of Irfan Pathan who registered his first ten-wicket haul in Assessments on the third day on the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka in December 2004.
Pathan’s five-wicket haul within the first innings noticed Bangladesh being bundled out for 184. From then on, it was the Sachin Tendulkar present all the way in which.
Sachin accomplished his 34th Take a look at century to equal Sunil Gavaskar’s file of Take a look at centuries and in addition went on to notch up his career-best Take a look at rating (248*).
Tendulkar, who was dropped when he was on 28 and 47, struck 35 boundaries in his knock and added 164 runs with Ganguly (71) for the fourth wicket and put up a 133-run stand with Zaheer (75) for the final wicket as India amassed 526 runs.
Pathan then wrapped up the match early on Day four taking 6/51 within the Bangladesh second innings as India received by an innings and 140 runs.
Tendulkar is extensively considered one of many best batsmen in cricket historical past and holds the file for essentially the most runs in each Take a look at and ODI cricket. He’s the one participant to have scored 100 worldwide centuries (51 in Assessments and 49 in ODIs).
