‘He Runs Like A Rat Who...’: Dinesh Karthik Shares Anecdote On Sachin Tendulkar’s Running Between Wickets

He narrated an incident in which he alongside his father went to watch his first Test match and they found a stranger who compared Sachin Tendulkar’s running between the wickets to a rat.

Veteran India cricketer Dinesh Karthik.

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Veteran India cricketer Dinesh Karthik talked about master blaster Sachin Tendulkar while doing his commentary duty. He revealed an anecdote on Day 3 of the fourth Test match between India and Australia in Ahmedabad. Dinesh narrated an incident in which he alongside his father went to watch his first Test match and they found a stranger who compared Sachin Tendulkar’s running between the wickets to a rat.

“I know vividly. In 1998, my dad took me for the first time to watch a Test match, India vs Australia. I had come to watch one batsman, Sachin Tendulkar. The person sitting next to me, a stranger in the crowd said, ‘you will enjoy watching Sachin Tendulkar bat. But also don’t forget his swift running between the wickets. He runs like a rat who runs after the cheese, but the only difference being he doesn’t get trapped. I remember these lines very vividly,” Karthik said during the commentary.

“Sachin got 155. What an innings that was, I’ll never forget it. So many sixes, one of them came right where we were sitting. We were sitting between long-on and deep midwicket. Great memories,” he further added.

The Indian team won the Test match by 179 runs in Chennai back in 1998 and sealed the three-match series also by  2-1.  Currently, Rohit Sharma’s team are battling against Australians in the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australians dominated the first two days of the game with Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green scoring big hundreds, helping their team put in a massive total of 480 runs.

In reply, India made a comeback on day 3 as Shubman Gill scored a brilliant century. Pujara also played a crucial knock of 42 before getting out off Murphy. Skipper Rohit Sharma departed early on the score of 35 but then Pujara and Gill held the fort in the middle.