On this day 32 years ago, Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis made their Test debut during the India vs Pakistan Test match in Karachi. Both of them made their debut in 1989 during the first match of India’s tour of Pakistan. Waqar’s start in the longest format of the game was almost perfect as he took four for 80 in his 19 overs in the second innings.
Interestingly, Tendulkar was one of Waqar’s four victims. In the said match, Waqar cast the future Indian legend out for 15 runs. Waqar’s other wickets included – Kapil Dev, Sanjay Manjrekar and Manoj Prabhakar.
Despite scoring just 15 runs in the second innings of the match, Tendulkar, who made his debut at the age of just 16 years and 205 days, tried his best to counter the hostile Pakistan’s bowling line-up.
Tendulkar walked to bat at number six when India were trailing 41/4 and revived the visitors’ innings by sharing a 32-run partnership with Mohammad Azharuddin.
Meanwhile, winning the toss, Indian skipper Kris Srikkanth invited Pakistan to bat first and Pakistan captain Imran Khan scored an unbeaten 109 as the hosts scored 409 for the loss of ten wickets.
In reply, Team India could only score 262 runs for the loss of ten wickets. For Pakistan, Waqar and Wasim Akram took four wickets each while Imran and Abdul Qadir took one wicket each.
Despite taking a 147-run lead in the first innings, they were unable to force a result as the high-scoring match ended in a draw.
In their second innings, Pakistan scored 305 runs for the loss of five wickets before declaring their innings. Chasing 453 for victory, India scored 303 runs for the loss of three wickets before the umpire declared a draw.
Waqar bowled just two overs in the fourth innings and went without a wicket. Tendulkar, on the other hand, did not get a chance to bat during India’s second innings.
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