Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was recently involved in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session with his fans on Reddit. He was asked about his experience of leading the Indian Test side in the 90s and how difficult it was for him to adapt to the role. He was also urged to reveal the name of his favourite captain.
“It was a great honour to lead the team as captain. However, I didn’t always have the freedom to pick my team entirely on my own. The BCCI today is a far more professional organisation than it was in the 1990s. Indian cricket also went through a particularly dark phase during that period,” he said.
“I truly admire Temba Bavuma’s spirit. He has led from the front and delivered some remarkable results for South African cricket. South Africa winning an ICC title is great for world cricket! As far as my favourite captains are concerned, Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni would definitely be at the top of my list!”
One of the fans said, “Steve Bucknor here!!! You are out”, to which the former Mumbai Indians star wrote, “Times have changed! Now I have DRS.”
He was asked to opine on Joe Root‘s chances of breaking his record for most runs in Test cricket. “I’ve always rated him very highly, and it was evident to me in his first Test match that he was going to make it big!
Sanju Samsonwho was named Player of the Tournament in the 2026 T20 World Cup, said how Tendulkar was in touch with him during the course of the campaign. One of the fans wanted to know about the nature of the conversation between the two. Sachin wrote a famous Malayalam dialogue which read, “Nee po mone Dinesha!” Sanju will tell you what it means.”
Indian legend names his top three overseas batters
Sachin named his top three overseas batters. “Harry Brook, Joe Root, and Steve Smith.” Tendulkar was also probed on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. “What do you think of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi being handed captaincy responsibilities at just 15?” To which the legendary batter replied, “I feel it’s too early for him to become a vice-captain in the Duleep Trophy. We have to let him play more matches with the red ball and take one step at a time!”
Speaking about Sachin’s captaincy numbers, he led the side on two different occasions. The first stint was from 1996 to 1997 and then from 1999 to early 2000. He captained in 25 Tests, winning just four and losing nine, while there were 12 drawn games. In the ODI format, he was the skipper in 73 matches, winning 23, losing 43, with one tied game and six games yielding no result.