“Are you really saying that?” When BCCI told Sachin Tendulkar – Now your replacement will have to be found.

Counted among the greatest players in Indian cricket history Sachin Tendulkar A big revelation has come to light regarding the retirement of. former selection committee chairman Sandeep Patil Told that at one time the BCCI selection committee had clearly told Sachin that now the team will have to think about his options also.

According to Patil, this conversation took place around the year 2012, when Sachin Tendulkar was in the last phase of his career and his performance was not the same as before.

After India won the World Cup in 2011, Sachin’s performance gradually started declining. On the tours of England and Australia, the Indian team had to face 0-4 defeat and Sachin also could not perform as expected.

After this, his bat did not play much in the home series also. In such a situation, the question of giving a chance to new players in the team began to arise before the selectors.

Sandeep Patil told that he had met Sachin after the Nagpur Test against England. At that time he was the chairman of the BCCI selection committee and wanted to have a clear discussion about the future of the team.

He directly asked Sachin what his future career plans were. Patil said that the selection committee felt that now the team should also look for the next option.

According to Patil, when he told this to Sachin, he was quite surprised. Sachin asked him, “Why?”

Patil replied that the selection committee believes that now it is important to think about his options also. On this Sachin called again and asked, “Are you really saying this?”

Patil told that at that time Sachin had said that he wanted to continue playing. But after a few days of the conversation, he decided to retire from ODI cricket.

However, he continued playing Test cricket and remained a part of the Indian team till 2013.

In 2013, Sachin Tendulkar retired completely from international cricket. He played the last Test match of his career against West Indies in Mumbai.

Sachin scored more than 34,000 runs in his 24-year-long international career and became the first player in the world to play 200 matches in Test cricket.

Sandeep Patil also told that after Sachin, new players got a chance in the team, including Ajinkya Rahane Players like

According to experts, Sachin Tendulkar’s career is considered to be the golden chapter in the history of Indian cricket and even today he “God of Cricket” It is said.