The Tendulkar-Warne rivalry occupies a golden chapter in cricket history. The two first played against each other at Sydney in the 1991-92 series. Warne was making his debut and was seriously punished by Tendulkar who scored 148. By 1998, the circumstances had changed. Like Tendulkar, Warne was now acknowledged as a cricketing genius. Their clash was hugely anticipated when the Australians came here. Tendulkar prepared for the series by going to Chennai in advance and asking former India leg spinner L Sivaramakrishnan to bowl at him in the nets so that he could play Warne better. The reward of such application was evident in the first Test when Tendulkar scored a brilliant 155 in the second innings and helped India win the match. After the match, Warne hailed Tendulkar as the world’s best batsman and found no reason to change his opinion till date.
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