New Delhi: His heavy bat was a major talking point whenever Sachin Tendulkar battled injuries in his over-two-decade-long career but the iconic cricketer said he was never convinced about giving it up for a lighter one as his timing got affected everytime he tried the change.
<img title="Sachin Tendulkar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/nov/S-Tendulkar0811.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar" /> Sachin Tendulkar
In his autobiography Playing It My Way, Tendulkar wrote he was asked several times to try a lighter bat but it never worked for him. &ldquo;I used a pretty heavy bat and I was sometimes encouraged to move to a lighter one. Again, I did try but I never felt comfortable, as my whole bat swing depended on that weight. When I was hitting a drive, I needed the weight to generate the power. It was all to do with the timing,&rdquo; he explains.
The all-time leading scorer in the game also offered an interesting take on how to hold the bat.
&ldquo;To me the bat should be an extension of your arm, and if you&rsquo;ve reached the stage where it&rsquo;s become an extension of your arm, why do you need to change? What mattered to me most when I was batting was feeling comfortable.
&ldquo;As long as I felt comfortable, it didn&rsquo;t matter where I was playing or who I was playing against. If you make technical adjustments, such as moving to a lighter bat, to cope with different conditions, there&rsquo;s a risk of making yourself feel uncomfortable and of thinking too much about your technique,&rdquo; he wrote.

His heavy bat was a major talking point whenever Sachin Tendulkar battled injuries in his over-two-decade-long career but the iconic cricketer said he was never convinced about giving it up for a lighter one as his timing got affected everytime he tried the change

Never felt comfortable with lighter bats: Sachin Tendulkar

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His heavy bat was a major talking point whenever Sachin Tendulkar battled injuries in his over-two-decade-long career but the iconic cricketer said he was never convinced about giving it up for a lighter one as his timing got affected everytime he tried the change

Never felt comfortable with lighter bats: Sachin Tendulkar

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