{"id":255327,"date":"2026-07-30T11:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/former-india-cricketer-reveals-stunning-incident-of-lending-abdominal-guard-to-sachin-tendulkar\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:14:36","slug":"former-india-cricketer-reveals-stunning-incident-of-lending-abdominal-guard-to-sachin-tendulkar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/former-india-cricketer-reveals-stunning-incident-of-lending-abdominal-guard-to-sachin-tendulkar\/","title":{"rendered":"Former India cricketer reveals stunning incident of lending abdominal guard to Sachin Tendulkar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5198181\" data-slug-id=\"2815302\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former India opener Aakash Chopra recently recalled an incident in which he had to lend batting maestro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/sachin-tendulkar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> his abdominal guard during the 2003-04 Australia tour. He revealed that Tendulkar&#8217;s abdominal guard broke during the series.<\/p>\n<p>The cricketer-turned-commentator remarked that batters carry a lot of equipment on tours but seldom carry an extra abdominal guard. Revealing the incident, Chopra said on the YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gnk3-pt7CWo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Khaane Mein Kya Hai<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We were together in the dressing room. His abdominal guard actually broke. So, he had to borrow someone&#8217;s. I gave it. You carry a lot of things, but you don&#8217;t carry two abdominal guards.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/aakash-chopra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Chopra<\/a> made his Test debut in October 2003 and scored 437 runs across 19 innings at an average of 23. Notably, six out of his 10 Tests came against Australia.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Poor guy ate vegetarian&#8221; &#8211; Aakash Chopra opens up on sharing a room with MS Dhoni during an India A tour<\/h2>\n<p>During the same video, Aakash Chopra also shared his experience of sharing a room with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/ms-dhoni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">MS Dhoni<\/a> during India A&#8217;s tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya in 2004. He mentioned that the wicketkeeper-batter was very shy and never ordered any room service himself for 45 days.<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old disclosed that the former India captain had to eat vegetarian food throughout the tour because of that. He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He was a very shy guy at that point in time. So, he won&#8217;t order. He said, &#8216;You order whatever you feel like.&#8217; Now, if I have to order, I will order palak paneer or vegetarian food. Poor guy ate vegetarian. He used to bring some pastry from downstairs. For 45 days, he did not call room service even once.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chopra announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in February 2015. The right-handed batter finished his career with a first-class average of 45.35 and 10,839 runs across 266 innings. 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