Nagpur, Nov 22: Debutant Andy Mckay will remember the Nagpur Test for more than one reason - one - he got the prized maiden Test wicket of Sachin Tendulkar and second - for leaving thousands in the stadium and millions outside, despondent.

McKay said that it was a fantastic feeling to get Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket and in lighter vein added that he apologized to the crowds who anticipated the century No. 50 by the batting maestro.

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On the Indian batting line-up:

It's quite daunting. It's a fantastic batting line-up. I think I've been lucky with the handful of one-day games I've played. I've come up against Sehwag and a couple of other big players. I don't think one-day cricket's too far withdrawn from Test cricket, but this is obviously a different grade altogether. To come up against this line-up, while daunting, is also very exciting. I really enjoyed the opportunity today.

On disappointing the crowds by taking Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket:

I actually apologised to the crowd at the end of the over (smiles).

On his team’s strategy:

If we can bat in partnerships, play to our strengths and work through tomorrow...we're obviously looking at it session by session. There's still two days of cricket to go. Our goal is to push deep into the fifth day and see where we go to from there.

On the track:

The pitch is pretty flat at the moment, but I'm sure it'll start taking a bit more turn over the next couple of days.

On the delivery which got him the wicket of Tendulkar

I felt as if I bowled quite well yesterday and I think that warranted me taking the new ball with Chris Martin today. The ball that I got Sachin with, I was looking to bowl pretty quick and put a bit more effort into it. And it paid off.

Another couple of wickets would have been great, but to get a player like Sachin Tendulkar as my first wicket is fantastic.

On the ball movement:

There's a difference between the new ball and the old ball, particularly the carry through to the keeper. We're starting to see a little bit more up and down [movement]. Not too much sideways. I feel that the new ball will do a bit more in the morning given that we've had earlier starts. There's a bit more in it for the seam bowlers in the first hour. We used those conditions quite well this morning.

On Rahul Dravid’s innings of 191:

Our plan was to bowl quite straight to him, and he played those deliveries well. He waited for us to err off those straight lines, and capitalised on those opportunities. His wagon wheel shows he scored a lot of his runs through cover and midwicket. That's when we missed our lines. He batted very well and waited for those opportunities.