I'm not scared of Sachin Tendulkar, says Shane Warne

New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Australian spin legend Shane Warne today said Sachin Tendulkar is the best batsman he has ever bowled to but he is not scared of the Indian master batsman.

Warne clarified that his statement that he had nightmares about Tendulkar after the Sharjah One-day series was a joke and it wasn't meant to be taken so seriously.

"I want to clarify that this nightmare thing was a joke.

Sachin is the best batsman of my time and I always enjoy the challenge of bowling to him but I am not scared of him or anybody for that matter," said Warne on the sidelines of the launch of Advanced Hair Studio in Delhi.

"If I would have been scared I wouldn't have taken so many wickets in my career.

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Career averages

	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St
overall	1989-2010	166	13447	248*	55.56	47	44	3/10	52.25	0	104	0	Profile

Match by match list

Bat1	Bat2	Runs	Wkts	Conc	Ct	St		Opposition	Ground	Start Date
15	DNB	15	0	25	0	0		v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
59	8	67	-	-	1	0		v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1989	Test # 1128
41	-	41	-	-	0	0		v Pakistan	Lahore	1 Dec 1989	Test # 1130
35	57	92	-	-	0	0		v Pakistan	Sialkot	9 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
0	24	24	-	-	0	0		v New Zealand	Christchurch	2 Feb 1990	Test # 1136
88	-	88	-	-	0	0		v New Zealand	Napier	9 Feb 1990	Test # 1138
5	DNB	5	-	-	1	0		v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Feb 1990	Test # 1139
10	27	37	-	-	1	0		v England	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
68	119*	187	-	-	2	0		v England	Manchester	9 Aug 1990	Test # 1149
21	-	21	-	-	0	0		v England	The Oval	23 Aug 1990	Test # 1150
11	-	11	-	-	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
16	7	23	0	13	0	0		v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1991	Test # 1177
15	40	55	0	16	2	0		v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1991	Test # 1180
148*	-	148	1	2	1	0		v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1992	Test # 1181
6	17	23	2	54	1	0		v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992	Test # 1184
114	5	119	0	9	1	0		v Australia	Perth	1 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
0	-	0	0	8	0	0		v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
11	-	11	0	3	2	0		v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
111	1	112	0	2	1	0		v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
6	0	6	1	9	0	0		v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
73	DNB	73	-	-	1	0		v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
50	9*	59	-	-	1	0		v England	Kolkata	29 Jan 1993	Test # 1211
165	-	165	0	9	2	0		v England	Chennai	11 Feb 1993	Test # 1213
78	-	78	-	-	1	0		v England	Mumbai	19 Feb 1993	Test # 1214
62	-	62	0	11	0	0		v Zimbabwe	Delhi	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1218
TDNB	-	-	-	-	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Kandy	17 Jul 1993	Test # 1226
28	104*	132	-	-	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
71	-	71	0	4	3	0		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 1993	Test # 1229
142	-	142	-	-	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994	Test # 1244
96	-	96	-	-	2	0		v Sri Lanka	Bangalore	26 Jan 1994	Test # 1245
6	-	6	0	7	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
43	11*	54	-	-	0	0		v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Mar 1994	Test # 1255
34	85	119	0	9	3	0		v West Indies	Mumbai	18 Nov 1994	Test # 1274
179	54	233	-	-	2	0		v West Indies	Nagpur	1 Dec 1994	Test # 1277
40	10	50	0	10	0	0		v West Indies	Mohali	10 Dec 1994	Test # 1278
4	0*	4	-	-	3	0		v New Zealand	Bangalore	18 Oct 1995	Test # 1308
52*	-	52	-	-	-	-		v New Zealand	Chennai	25 Oct 1995	Test # 1309
2	-	2	-	-	0	0		v New Zealand	Cuttack	8 Nov 1995	Test # 1310
24	122	146	-	-	0	0		v England	Birmingham	6 Jun 1996	Test # 1327
31	-	31	0	1	2	0		v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1996	Test # 1328
177	74	251	0	28	0	0		v England	Nottingham	4 Jul 1996	Test # 1329
10	0	10	-	-	0	0		v Australia	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
42	7	49	-	-	0	0		v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
18	2	20	-	-	0	0		v South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
61	36	97	-	-	1	0		v South Africa	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
15	4	19	0	0	2	0		v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
169	9	178	-	-	1	0		v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
35	9	44	0	18	0	0		v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
7	15*	22	0	9	1	0		v West Indies	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
88	-	88	-	-	0	0		v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
92	4	96	-	-	3	0		v West Indies	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
DNB	-	-	-	-	1	0		v West Indies	St John's	4 Apr 1997	Test # 1364
83	-	83	-	-	0	0		v West Indies	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
143	-	143	0	2	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
139	8	147	-	-	1	0		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
23	-	23	-	-	1	0		v Sri Lanka	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
15	-	15	-	-	-	-		v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
148	13	161	0	0	1	0		v Sri Lanka	Mumbai	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
4	155*	159	-	-	1	0		v Australia	Chennai	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1405
79	-	79	0	6	0	0		v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998	Test # 1409
177	31	208	1	41	1	0		v Australia	Bangalore	25 Mar 1998	Test # 1413
34	7	41	-	-	0	0		v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Oct 1998	Test # 1425
47	113	160	2	15	1	0		v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
67	DNB	67	2	53	0	0		v New Zealand	Hamilton	2 Jan 1999	Test # 1438
0	136	136	3	45	0	0		v Pakistan	Chennai	28 Jan 1999	Test # 1442
6	29	35	-	-	0	0		v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Feb 1999	Test # 1443
0	9	9	1	18	0	0		v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
53	124*	177	0	16	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
18	126*	144	0	11	0	0		v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
15	44*	59	-	-	2	0		v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
217	15	232	0	19	0	0		v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1465
61	0	61	0	12	0	0		v Australia	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
116	52	168	-	-	0	0		v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
45	4	49	1	34	0	0		v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
97	8	105	3	14	0	0		v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
21	20	41	0	33	2	0		v South Africa	Bangalore	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
18	DNB	18	1	34	0	0		v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
122	39	161	1	61	1	0		v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
201*	-	201	0	26	2	0		v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
76	65	141	0	35	1	0		v Australia	Mumbai	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
10	10	20	3	38	0	0		v Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
126	17	143	0	78	0	0		v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
74	36*	110	0	23	0	0		v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	7 Jun 2001	Test # 1548
20	69	89	1	26	0	0		v Zimbabwe	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
155	15	170	0	27	0	0		v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
1	22*	23	1	32	0	0		v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
88	DNB	88	0	4	0	0		v England	Mohali	3 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
103	26	129	1	27	3	0		v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
90	-	90	0	19	1	0		v England	Bangalore	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
176	-	176	0	11	1	0		v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
36	42	78	0	6	1	0		v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
79	-	79	0	18	0	0		v West Indies	Georgetown	11 Apr 2002	Test # 1598
117	0	117	0	6	1	0		v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002	Test # 1599
0	8	8	0	8	1	0		v West Indies	Bridgetown	2 May 2002	Test # 1601
0	-	0	2	107	0	0		v West Indies	St John's	10 May 2002	Test # 1602
41	86	127	-	-	0	0		v West Indies	Kingston	18 May 2002	Test # 1604
16	12	28	0	14	1	0		v England	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
34	92	126	0	15	0	0		v England	Nottingham	8 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
193	-	193	-	-	0	0		v England	Leeds	22 Aug 2002	Test # 1613
54	-	54	0	4	0	0		v England	The Oval	5 Sep 2002	Test # 1614
35	-	35	0	2	1	0		v West Indies	Mumbai	9 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
43	16*	59	-	-	1	0		v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
36	176	212	0	33	0	0		v West Indies	Kolkata	30 Oct 2002	Test # 1622
8	51	59	-	-	0	0		v New Zealand	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
9	32	41	-	-	1	0		v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
8	7	15	0	45	0	0		v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	8 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
55	1	56	1	55	0	0		v New Zealand	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
0	DNB	0	0	9	0	0		v Australia	Brisbane	4 Dec 2003	Test # 1671
1	37	38	2	39	0	0		v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
0	44	44	1	57	2	0		v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
241*	60*	301	0	36	1	0		v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
194*	-	194	2	59	1	0		v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
2	8	10	1	38	0	0		v Pakistan	Lahore	5 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
1	-	1	1	1	0	0		v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004	Test # 1697
8	2	10	0	41	0	0		v Australia	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
5	55	60	-	-	1	0		v Australia	Mumbai	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
3	-	3	0	54	0	0		v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
20	32*	52	0	8	0	0		v South Africa	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
248*	-	248	-	-	2	0		v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004	Test # 1725
36	-	36	1	39	0	0		v Bangladesh	Chittagong	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
94	DNB	94	0	30	0	0		v Pakistan	Mohali	8 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
52	52	104	-	-	2	0		v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
41	16	57	1	76	0	0		v Pakistan	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
22	-	22	-	-	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Chennai	2 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
109	16	125	0	6	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
23	19	42	0	13	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
DNB	-	-	0	16	0	0		v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
14	DNB	14	-	-	1	0		v Pakistan	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006	Test # 1782
23	26	49	0	40	3	0		v Pakistan	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
16	28*	44	0	11	0	0		v England	Nagpur	1 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
4	DNB	4	-	-	0	0		v England	Mohali	9 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
1	34	35	-	-	1	0		v England	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
44	14	58	-	-	1	0		v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
63	0	63	-	-	2	0		v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
64	14	78	1	33	0	0		v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
101	31	132	1	22	2	0		v Bangladesh	Chittagong	18 May 2007	Test # 1832
122*	-	122	2	35	2	0		v Bangladesh	Dhaka	25 May 2007	Test # 1833
37	16	53	0	10	1	0		v England	Lord's	19 Jul 2007	Test # 1840
91	1	92	0	38	2	0		v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007	Test # 1841
82	1	83	1	104	1	0		v England	The Oval	9 Aug 2007	Test # 1842
1	56*	57	0	8	0	0		v Pakistan	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
82	DNB	82	0	39	0	0		v Pakistan	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007	Test # 1850
62	15	77	0	4	2	0		v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
154*	12	166	0	20	3	0		v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
71	13	84	-	-	0	0		v Australia	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
153	13	166	0	6	0	0		v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008	Test # 1863
0	-	0	-	-	0	0		v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
27	12	39	-	-	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
5	31	36	-	-	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
6	14	20	-	-	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	8 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
13	49	62	-	-	0	0		v Australia	Bangalore	9 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
88	10*	98	-	-	1	0		v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1889
68	47	115	0	2	0	0		v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008	Test # 1891
109	12	121	0	13	1	0		v Australia	Nagpur	6 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
37	103*	140	-	-	0	0		v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008	Test # 1898
11	5	16	-	-	0	0		v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1901
160	DNB	160	-	-	1	0		v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Mar 2009	Test # 1915
49	64	113	-	-	1	0		v New Zealand	Napier	26 Mar 2009	Test # 1917
62	9	71	2	45	0	0		v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
4	100*	104	0	20	1	0		v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
40	-	40	0	6	1	0		v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
53	-	53	-	-	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
105*	16	121	-	-	0	0		v Bangladesh	Chittagong	17 Jan 2010	Test # 1949
143	DNB	143	-	-	0	0		v Bangladesh	Dhaka	24 Jan 2010	Test # 1950
7	100	107	-	-	0	0		v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
106	-	106	0	1	0	0		v South Africa	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952

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