GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -November 15, 1989. India were playing Pakistan in Karachi in the 1st Test. Making his debut at the tender age of 16, was Sachin Tendulkar.

Detailed explanation-2: -India played four Test matches and four One Day International matches between November 15 and December 22, 1989, against the Pakistan cricket team, with the Test series drawn 0–0 and Pakistan winning the ODI series 2–0. The series marked the international debut of Sachin Tendulkar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are arguably the two best batters of their respective eras. Tendulkar, who made his international debut in 1989, scored 100 centuries (51 in Tests and 49 in ODIs) before hanging his boots in 2013. Kohli, on the other hand, has been ruling the roost for more than a decade now.

Detailed explanation-4: -Akhtar said that the in-swinging yorker he bowled to send Tendulkar’s middle-stump flying, was his ‘claim to fame. ‘ “My claim to fame came when I bowled Sachin Tendulkar off the first ball, ‘’ Akhtar recalled when asked about his most prized wicket in ‘The Vaughny and Tuffers Cricket Club podcast.