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Tim de Leede with the signed match ball from Sachin Tendulkar, with which he bagged 4 for 35 against India in the 2003 ODI World Cup.
Tim de Leede recalls the game he picked up Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket… and waited a year to get his autograph on match ball
Netherlands all-rounder Bas de Leede picked up four wickets and scored a brisk 67 in the World Cup game against Pakan in Hyderabad. Twenty years ago, his father Tim de Leede troubled India with a spell of 4 for 35, also accounting for the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, the current India coach.
Tim, 55, who is with the Netherlands A team in Spain for the European T10 League, says the regret of not pulling off an upset after restricting India to 204 remains. Netherlands lost 66 runs that day.
“I think about it every now and then. I regret that we didn’t get the runs. It was our golden opportunity to beat India. We missed out,” Tim tells The Indian Express.
Interestingly, Tim’s first-ever wicket in international cricket was that of Tendulkar’s. “I have kept that ball,” Tim, who has played in three World Cups, says. (READ MORE)
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