Tendulkar Says Perth Century Changed His Career

MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar has said that his career took off after scoring a century at Perth in 1992. Tendulkar, who was 19 at that time, said that scoring a hundred against a hostile Australian attack on a fast, bouncy pitch gave him immense confidence.

"One innings that changed my career or gave shape to my career was in Perth, 1992. Perth, at least at that time, was regarded to be the fastest wicket and the hostility of the Australian fast bowlers was something which was difficult to handle. I was able to score a 100 and I was only 19," Tendulkar said in an interaction with children at Ryan International school in Mumbai.

He pointed out that in two Tests prior to the Perth match, he had scored a century at the Sydney Cricket Ground but the wicket at the SCG was a flat deck.

 "I knew that Perth was the kind of wicket which I would not get to play anywhere in the world and If I can bat on Perth and score runs then I am possibly equipped to go on any other track which is fast and bouncy and score runs there," he said.

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