NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder and head coach Ravi Shastri has revealed a fiery behind-the-scenes story from Sachin Tendulkar ’s first tour of Australia in 1991-92, when he told the 18-year-old prodigy to stay calm and “let the bat do the talking” amid a heated exchange with the Aussies. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Speaking at the Summer of Cricket Lunch hosted by Cricket ACT, Shastri vividly recalled the Sydney Test, where he smashed a double century (206) while the teenage Tendulkar — already a rising star — was beginning to show glimpses of greatness. “I remember playing at the SCG. It was Sachin’s first tour. I had just reached a hundred, and Sachin had just come to bat. And he was being sledged by the Waugh brothers – Steve and Ma

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