<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> Making my debut for Gujarat, I was bowling to Sachin who had come into bat in the previous over when Mumbai captain Lalchand Rajput was run out. Sachin was only 15 and I was eager to take his wicket. He defended the first two deliveries. <img alt="Nisarg Patel" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/oct/Nisarg-Patel.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 667px;" /> Nisarg Patel in Surat on Monday. Pic/Dharmesh Joshi I thought of tossing the next ball a bit so that he could step out and drive me. I was hopeful of a caught and bowled, but he drove me through the cover region. He defended the next two balls and pierced the next one through mid-wicket. After that, he played all the shots in the book. I don&rsquo;t remember him using up too many balls for his unbeaten 100. He was too good, although at that time no one could say he would become a great player. Richest memory Delivering the first ever ball he faced in first-class cricket is my richest memory. It was great to see my over mentioned in cricket books on Sachin. We played against each other a few times and were opposing captains in the Gujarat vs Mumbai Ranji Trophy game in Valsad (December 1995). It&rsquo;s satisfying to be part of history. In fact, my father is too &ndash; he (Ambubhai Patel) is India&rsquo;s first bowler to dismiss a batsman off his first delivery in first-class cricket. He achieved this feat when he bowled Mumbai&rsquo;s opening batsman P K Kamath at the Brabourne Stadium in 1956. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/oct/sachin2.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 317px;" />

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