Agencies
Chennai, August 21: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar joined legendary Australian pace bowler Glenn McGrath at the MRF Pace Foundation Academy here Friday giving insights into the game while spending time with the current batch of pace bowling trainees.
McGrath, the current director of the MRF Pace Foundation, encouraged the trainees to take tips on bowling, postures, body movements, pitch dynamics and more from Tendulkar.
Speaking on this occasion, Tendulkar said: “It was great to be a part of this session that the MRF Pace Foundation put together. It is an exceptional initiative that the Foundation is serving in spotting and promoting bowling talent.
It needs steadfast and deep commitment to stay the course and having done this for the last 27 years, I feel the MRF Pace Foundation is the platform for identifying potential talent that needs nurturing in India. It’s a special privilege for these budding bowlers to be trained under the mentorship of Glenn McGrath.”
McGrath felt that he has ‘learnt a lot’ after being associated with MRF Pace foundation in the last two years after his initial hesitation to take over the role from Dennis Lillee.
“To take over from Dennis (Lillee), I was a little bit hesitant. Dennis told me to come and work with him here for two weeks. Obviously, I was impressed with the coaching staff and then decided in favour of it. Since then, it has been a learning experience for me as well,” McGrath told reporters.
