Waugh backs Tendulkar to break 'Don Bradman jinx' to get 100th international ton

Malaysia Sun (ANI) Tuesday 7th February, 2012

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh has backed masterblaster Sachin Tendulkar to break the 'Don Bradman jinx' and score his hundredth international ton.

He said Tendulkar's failure to score his hundredth ton might have parallels with Don Bradman, who retired with an average of 99.94.

"I think it's a huge statistic and India is obsessed by stats. The whole country wants him to get his one-hundredth 100 so maybe that's where the real pressure is coming from. It will be nice if he could get it down the road, but if he doesn't get it I certainly won't think any less of him as a player," news.com.au quoted Waugh, as saying.

"He's a great player. You know Bradman wasn't meant to average 100, maybe Tendulkar is not meant to get a hundredth century. But I think he'll get it pretty shortly," he added. (ANI)