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Ahead of a Test series in 1987, India and Pakistan were playing an exhibition match where Imran Khan’s team was short on fielders. It was then that a 13-year-old Sachin was asked to field for Pakistan.
Sachin Tendulkar once fielded for Pakistan that was playing a festival match against India in Mumbai in 1987, two years before his international debut. The former cricketer, who turned 45 on Tuesday, recalled in his autobiography that Javed Miandad and Abdul Qadir had left the field during lunch, after which he was asked to field for the visiting team.
