New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- Former West Indies umpire Steve Bucknor has admitted that he made a mistake in giving India batting legend Sachin Tendulkar out leg-before wicket during the 2003-04 Brisbane Test against Australia, a controversial decision that continues to be discussed even today.
Speaking in an interview with the West Indies Cricket Umpires' Association, Bucknor acknowledged the mistake.
"Giving Sachin Tendulkar out leg before wicket, and it's a matter of knowing that it was a mistake, but until this day, every day, people talk about it," he said.
"Why did I give him out? Was he out and so on? But then in life, mistakes happen. I have accepted that it was a mistake, and life goes on," he added.
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