Overview
- On the Stick to Cricket podcast, Mark Waugh initially left Sachin Tendulkar out of his all-time XI.
- Michael Vaughan urged David Lloyd to phone Tendulkar live, Lloyd introduced himself as “Bumble,” and the call disconnected.
- Lloyd’s “He’s gone” quip drew laughs in the studio as the clip was widely shared on social media.
- Subsequent reporting highlighted that Waugh later included Tendulkar in his ultimate lineup alongside Richards and Lara.
- Tendulkar’s career stands at 34,357 international runs and 100 centuries, with Virat Kohli second on the all-time run list at 28,091 and Joe Root fewer than 2,000 Test runs behind.