'Don't Compare Suryavanshi To Tendulkar': Steve Waugh Praises 'Freakish' Legend
With Vaibhav Suryavanshi rewriting history by slamming an IPL century at the age of 14 recently, the inevitable comparisons with a certain Sachin Tendulkar, who also dazzled the world as a teenager before becoming an all-time great, followed. However, Australia legend Steve Waugh doesn't want anyone to be compared to Tendulkar citing his 'freakish' century as an 18-year-old in Perth, a venue once considered to be a batter's worst nightmare and widely regarded as the fastest pitch in the world.
Tendulkar famously scored 114 off 161 during the Perth Test of February 1992 to become the youngest ever to score a hundred on Australian soil.
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