If Ben Stokes grabbed the headlines based on his on-field brilliance, off the field it was legendary Sachin Tendulkar all the way in the ICC World Cup 2019 opener between England vs South Africa on Thursday at The Oval.
Tendulkar, who made his commentary debut during first match of Cricket World Cup 2019, bowled everyone with his analysis and insights.
During the mid-match show, Tendulkar was asked to pick a non-Indian batsman and bowler each he thinks would go on to rule the World Cup and surprisingly, the Master Blaster shed the diplomat tag and gave straight answers.
As an overseas batsman Tendulkar chose Australia’s David Warner. “It has to be David Warner. He was hungry for runs when I saw him last time in the IPL. There were some extreme conditions in the month of April in India and he showed that he was up for it. Warmer is anyway a fit cricketer but his fitness was at another level during IPL,” said Tendulkar.
Tendulkar, however, was in a bit of a dilemma when it came to choosing the bowler but he was quick to finalize his pick. “I would love to watch Jofra Archer. He’s someone who can contain the batsman and in fact when England need a wicket then too they can turn towards him,”
Interestingly, Archer, who made his World Cup debut, proved Tendulkar right barely a few minutes after his comments. Archer picked up three wickets in 7 overs to peg South Africa back in the chase.
