<a href="http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2013/oct/151013-sachin-tendulkar-journey-cricket-career-200th-test-retirement-wankhede.htm" target="_blank"><img alt="Click here for more on MiD DAY's Sachin Tendulkar special" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/oct/sachin-Tendulkar_3.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 82px;" /></a> It was Bhandari (43), who dismissed the destructive Tendulkar in the second innings of the 1991 Ranji Trophy final at Wankhede Stadium in May 1991 . u00a0 <img alt="Yogendra Bhandari" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/oct/Yogendra-Bhandari.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 533px;" /> Yogendra Bhandari The star-studded Mumbai team were set a 355-run target by the Kapil Dev-led side and Tendulkar was in full flight with centurion Dilip Vengsarkar at the other end. They had put on 134 for the fourth wicket. &quot;That was a very aggressive innings from Sachin. Suddenly Jaddu (Ajay Jadeja) came to me from the covers and advised me to bowl a flighted delivery outside off stump. Jaddu said Sachin would hit it through the covers and that&#39;s exactly what happened. He was caught in that region by Jaddu for 96 off the very next ball. He is an amazing player to watch. I always loved watching him bat against the spinners.&quot; Bhandari told MiD-DAY. He added: &quot;He was playing on his own terms that day. He was hitting us all over the ground and reached 96 within no time. I was lucky to get him,&quot; said Bhandari, who had his 1991 Ranji Trophy-winning team members for company here yesterday. Haryana ended up winning by just two runs and Vengsarkar&#39;s wondrous century went in vain. Chetan Sharma, the former India and Haryana pacer, pulled Bhandari&#39;s leg: &quot;I think that was a full toss, but it changed the match because Sachin was in a destructive mood. We were happy he didn&#39;t score big in the first innings when I trapped him leg before for 47. That was a wonderful knock as well.&quot;u00a0

Former Haryana off-spinner Yogendra Bhandari extracted a great deal of pleasure in being on a ground with Sachin Tendulkar after 22 years. 

I-Witnessed: I was lucky to have Sachin that day, says Yogendra Bhandari

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