NEW DELHI (AP) — Cricket great Sachin Tendulkar considered early retirement after a string of losses while India‘s captain according to excerpts from the record-holding batsman’s upcoming autobiography.
In excerpts from the book “Playing It My Way” published by Press Trust of India on Sunday, Tendulkar says he “hated losing” and as captain of the team “felt responsible” for the string of miserable performances.
The 41-year-old made particular mention of his frustrations on the 1997 tour of the West Indies when India lost the third test at Barbados from a comfortable position. Chasing 120, India was bowled out for 81 with only makeshift opener V.V.S. Laxman reach double-figures with 19.
Tendulkar says it was hard for him to come to terms with such failures and he even “contemplated moving away from the sport completely.”
Tendulkar book says he considered early retirement
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