The Indian cricket team, led by Rohit Sharma, suffered an embarrassing 3-0 defeat at the hands of New Zealand in a recently concluded Test series at home. Notably, this is the first time India has faced a clean sweep at home in a Test series of three or more matches. The Indian batters failed miserably against the New Zealand spinners, who made better use of the conditions than the host team. Former Indian captain and big hitter Sunil Gavaskar slammed the Indian side for their flop. Stating that India was not ready for the series, the legend gave an example of how Sachin Tendulkar prepared for an important series in 1998.

India was scheduled to face Australia in a home Test series in 1998. Gavaskar revealed how Sachin prepared during Mumbai’s warm-up matches against Australia to counter Shane Warne in the Test matches.

“That’s why Sachin Tendulkar was Sachin Tendulkar. He was so proud of what he could do and what he wanted to do for the team. Don’t forget the 200 at Brabourne Stadium for the champions of Ranji Mumbai and the visiting Australian team,” Gavaskar was quoted as saying. India today.

“Then when he went to Chennai, he asked Laxman Sivaramakrishnan to go back and forth around the wicket, create rough around that area so he could practice that sweep and inside shot against Shane Warne.

“So this is the kind of preparation for which Sachin Tendulkar has made almost 16,000 runs in Test cricket and 100 international centuries. So, I think this is the kind of preparation that everyone needs to do. If you don’t do it, then with the The gaps that exist will always be this situation of low body speed and back speed, which takes a long time to return.