When Sachin Tendulkar’s bouncer left bantoo singh with a bloody nose

Sachin tendulkar has scarred many bowlers for life with A Bloody Nose With Multiple Fractures during An Ill-RANJI MATCH BETWEEN DELHI and Mumbai in 1991. When he jogs his memory 32 summers back to april 20, 1991. Bouncer. I have a new nose now), “Bantoo said an interaction with pti on the Eve of Legend’s 50th Birthday.

But there was backdrop to Sachin’s bouncer that had bantoo literally ending up on all fours.

The Mumbai versus delhi clashes in 1980s and 1990s used to be as much about ego as it was about playing the game of one upmanship.

The chaste punjabi abuses would fly thick and fast from Delhi Camp and Returned in Kind in ‘Mumbaiyaa Tapori’ language.

“We had tried preparaing a green top at kotla which had good carry but it is a batting paradise. It was a heated-up game as our seamers sanjeev (Sharma) to dilip bhai (vengsarkar), who was playing his last season.

“I Remember at Least on Two Occasions, Atl’s Bouncers Hit Dilip Bhai on the Rib Cage and Sledging Started,” Bantoo Remempted.

Delhi Lost the Quarter-Final By One Run as They Finished First Innings on 389 to Mumbai’s 390.

The second innings of bot teams a mere formality as Mumbai scored 719 in their seconds innings, riding on hundreds from skipper sanjay manjrekar, Sachin Tendulkar and Chandrakant Pandit.

“It was the final day and mumbai boys was a bit pissed off with us trust of short-bit-bitched stuff that was disified. Insist on Bowling Seam-up and was slightly more decisionly than he he actually looked. ” “Once he got the ball, I punched Him through covers for a boundary and he threw a cold glass at me.

“Well, I Never Wore a Helmet with Protective Visor (Front Grill). But the ball ended up hitting the toe of my bat and came like a Rockt towards me.

“In that days, when any Ranji match was help in Delhi, we would use a red ball from a local company named keemati. TODAY’s Generation which has given has grown up Was like a brick Breath.

“My shirt was soaked in blood and even sanjay had blood on his shirt as I left the field with help of my teammates.” Bantoo was taken to Sanjivan Hospital Right Behind Kotla and was diagnosed with multiple fractures on his nose, which required surgery. He had to stay on liquid diet for at least two months.

But Bantoo Remembers Sachin, The Human Being.

“Mumbai Team Had Left That Very Evening after the Match Ended. It was around 11 at night that our landline phone rang and my dad picked up. Know how. He Asked Dad, ‘How is Bantoo Doing? My dad was moved. ” “Later on, whenever we met, he would ask,” naak theek hain na tera (is your nose alright now. “

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