The Indian team was on Pakistan tour, Sourav Ganguly was the captain of the team. After many efforts and thorough investigation of security arrangements, the Indian team got permission to tour Pakistan. Political will was also involved in this. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of India and he played a major role in finalizing this tour. He also met the players before the team left for Pakistan. By the way, the Indian team also won the ODI series brilliantly on the Pakistan tour. The Test series was scheduled to start from March 28. The first test match was played in Multan. A few hours before that, on March 27, news had come that Sourav Ganguly would not be able to play in the first Test match. Sourav Ganguly suffered a minor injury in the last match of the ODI series. Due to this pain he was not available for the first test match.
Rahul Dravid was the captain
Rahul Dravid was captaining that test match. India won the toss and decided to bat first. Akash Chopra was also a part of the Indian team on that tour. He and Virender Sehwag opened the Indian innings. Sehwag was in form. He was scoring runs in his natural style. There was a century partnership between Sehwag and Akash. When Aakash Chopra was out after scoring 42 runs, 160 runs were added on the scoreboard of the Indian team. After this Rahul Dravid was out after scoring only 6 runs. Then Sachin Tendulkar came to the crease and started creating history.
Sultan Sehwag of Multan
The test match was worth watching for the next few hours. On one side Virender Sehwag and on the other side Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin was still batting in the style of Test cricket while Virender Sehwag was continuously playing big shots. Sehwag completed his century in just 107 balls. Then 150 runs in 150 balls. Virender Sehwag completed his double century in 222 balls. After this, when he crossed the figure of 221 runs, he broke Sanjay Manjrekar’s record of scoring the most runs against Pakistan. At the end of the first day’s play, Veeru returned unbeaten. Next day he again started batting in the same style. He completed 250 runs in 299 balls. Meanwhile, Sachin also completed his century in 209 balls. Sehwag reached 294 runs. Till that time, no Indian batsman had scored a triple century in the history of Test cricket.
a name in history
Sehwag achieved this milestone by hitting a six off Saqlain Mushtaq. He registered his name in the history of Test cricket. Indian team’s score crosses 500 runs. Ultimately Sehwag was out after scoring 309 runs. After this Sachin Tendulkar took command. He completed his 150 runs on 295 balls. VVS Laxman was supporting him. Yuvraj Singh came after being run out. Yuvraj Singh was included in place of Sourav Ganguly in that test match. Meanwhile, Sachin also slowly started crossing the score of 160-170. When Yuvraj Singh was out on 59 runs, Sachin was on 194 runs and the team score was 675 runs. On this score, Rahul Dravid announced the end of the innings. Everyone was surprised. Because Sachin was just 6 runs away from his double century.
When Sachin got angry
After this, Sachin Tendulkar, who is usually quiet, spoke in the Multan Test match. There was only one question in the minds of all the cricket fans that how can a captain score only 6 runs before Sachin’s double century? When Sachin was coming out of the field holding the bat, the commentator also asked him – were you disappointed with Dravid’s decision? Sachin could not stop himself and immediately said that he has not scored many double centuries in his career, so it would have been good if he had got a chance to score a double century. This was big news. Anyway, Sachin speaking can never be a small news. Rahul Dravid’s picture was published in every channel and every newspaper in which he is inviting the spectators and readers to Sachin’s pavilion with a hand gesture. This became as big news as Sehwag’s triple century.
Rahul Dravid declared the innings
Sachin had a chance to score a double century in Pakistan where his cricket career started. But it is said that behind a player’s progress lies his understanding and maturity. The very next day there was a conversation between Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar and the dispute was calmed down. Perhaps Rahul Dravid realized his mistake and expressed regret to Sachin. After this, the Indian team won against Pakistan by a huge margin of innings, Viru became a hero with his triple century, due to which people soon forgot this controversy. The Indian team also lost the next test i.e. the test series, there was tremendous enthusiasm, but after winning the last test, India defeated Pakistan 2-1 in the test series also. Sourav Ganguly’s success has increased rapidly.
