KARACHI, April 1: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said on Saturday that the latest injury of Sachin Tendulkar had disturbed his career badly saying it has made the Indian batting maestro vulnerable to the bowlers.

Wasim, who played 104 Tests and 356 One-day Internationals, said the bowlers would be more confident bowling to Tendulkar as compared to a few years ago when the Little Master put a very heavy price on his wicket.

Tendulkar underwent a right shoulder surgery last Monday in London, an injury that tend him to miss seven ODI matches home series against England.

“Sachin’s shoulder injury is more serious than it looks. The more time he will spend out of cricket, the more he would look vulnerable and likewise each time the bowlers would come to bowl at him, they would fancy their chances more than ever, said the left-arm bowling legend.

Since scoring his record-breaking 35th Test century, Tendulkar has scores of 28, 66, 29, 0, 33, 0, 29, 47, 45, 19, 15, 0, 21 and 57.

“When I used to ball at Sachin during my heydays, I was always thinking. But in the last two series (against Pakistan and England), I have seen Sachin get out to very ordinary deliveries,” he said.

“There was no footwork, no approach and no timing. So something is terribly wrong somewhere and that needs to be fixed very quickly by none other than Sachin himself,” said the former Pakistan captain, who took 414 Tests and 502 one-day wickets.—Agencies