Sachin Tendulkar Reveals Playing With Toe Injury During India's Tour Of Australia In 2011-12

06.06.2023 - 18:37 sports.ndtv.com

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has revealed he had to manage the recurrence of a painful, decade-old toe injury during India's tour of Australia in 2011-12 which caused him a lot of trouble.

Tendulkar had suffered a toe injury in the year 2000 and the same had resurfaced in the next year, which had kept him out of action for a tri-series in Sri Lanka with New Zealand being the third side.

The batting legend recalled how the same affected him badly in the second half of India's tour of Australia in 2011-12, a series which the visiting side lost 0-4 to cede the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to the home side.

Having won the 50-over World Cup in April, it was the same period in which the Indian Test side had gone through one of its worst phases, having lost 0-4 in England earlier the same year. "In the year 2000, I had a toe injury in South Africa following which I took injections as well.

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