Sachin Tendulkar vs Chaminda Vaas was the battle of India vs Sri Lanka. It was the best fast bowler that Sri Lanka has seen against the best Indian batter. Sachin Tendulkar was the main wicket that Vaas wanted to take every time he faced India. This was a battle between equals. It was the best vs the best for years. In the 1990s, Sachin Tendulkar has had so many great Rivalries against all types of bowlers.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batter to have ever played the sport of cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has played cricket for 24 years and he has played the best of the best bowlers to have ever played the sport. He has played 200 Test Matches for India. He has made 15921 runs at an average of 53.79. He has hit 51 Test Hundreds which is the most by anybody. He has also played 463 ODIs for India in which he has hit 18426 runs. He has 49 ODI Hundreds. In total he has hit 100 international Hundreds and 34000+ runs. He has played against Muttiah Muralidharan for almost 20 years. Take a look here at Best Sachin Tendulkar ODI innings
Chaminda Vaas
Chaminda Vaas is the fast bowler with the most wickets for Sri Lanka in international cricket. He has been one of the best left arm fast bowlers of all time. He has played 111 Test Matches for Sri Lanka. He has taken 355 wickets for Sri Lanka at an average of 29.58 with 12 Five Wicket Hauls and 2 times he has taken 10 wickets in a Test Match. He has also made 3089 runs in Test Cricket with a hundred in Test Cricket. Chaminda Vaas has also played 322 ODIs for Sri Lanka. He has got 400 wickets in ODI Cricket at an average of 27.54. He has taken 4 Five Wicket Hauls In ODI Cricket. Sri Lanka has not seen a better left arm fast bowler than him. Check out here Best bowling performances of Chaminda Vaas
Head to Head
Chaminda Vaas has bowled 113 balls in Test Cricket to Sachin Tendulkar. He has scored 45 runs against Vaas while being dismissed 2 times.
In ODI Cricket, Chaminda Vaas has bowled 218 balls to Sachin Tendulkar and he has been hit for 185 Runs. Vaas has dismissed him 3 times in ODI Cricket
Memorable Encounters
In the 2nd Test in 2005, it was Sachin Tendulkar who dominated Vaas as he made an amazing hundred. He scored 109 runs and he got many runs off Vaas.
Sachin Tendulkar made 93 runs against Chaminda Vaas and Sri Lanka in 2005. This was one of the memorable Encounters between the two.
In the 3rd ODI in 2005, it was Chaminda Vaas who got the better of Sachin Tendulkar as he dismissed him for only 2 runs.
In 2008, Sachin Tendulkar made 63 runs in an important match and he hit Vaas for runs in this match.
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