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Sachin Tendulkar's Untold Secret: Fielded for Pakistan at 13!
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News18•25-09-2026, 16:39
Sachin Tendulkar's Untold Secret: Fielded for Pakistan at 13!
- •Sachin Tendulkar fielded for the Pakistan team at the age of 13, years before his debut for Team India.
- •This incident occurred on January 20, 1987, during an exhibition match between India and Pakistan at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
- •Sachin got the opportunity as a substitute fielder after Pakistan's Javed Miandad and Abdul Qadir left the field.
- •Pakistani captain Imran Khan sent Sachin to field at wide long-on, where he narrowly missed catching Kapil Dev's shot.
- •Sachin later wrote in his autobiography that he might have caught the ball if he had been positioned at Mid-on instead of Long-on.
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Sachin Tendulkar fielded for the Pakistani team during an exhibition match between India and Pakistan on January 20, 1987, at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai when he was 13 years old.
During lunchtime in the exhibition match, Pakistani players Javed Miandad and Abdul Qadir left the field. With two players short and no substitutes available, Pakistan captain Imran Khan sent 13-year-old Sachin onto the field as a substitute fielder.
Pakistani captain Imran Khan sent Sachin to field at wide long-on. Shortly after he came on, Kapil Dev hit a high shot, and Sachin ran about 15 meters to attempt a catch, though he could not reach it in time.
