bengaluru renown south african orthopaedic surgeon mark ferguson who has treated cricketers like sachin tendulkar anil kumble rahul dravid javagal srinath and zaheer khan said on thursday that working with star indian players was a big challenge it is a daunting task no doubt to treat these wonderful players said ferguson who was in the city to take part in the inauguration of the fortis hospitals centre for sports orthopaedics and arthroscopy you just cannot afford to mess up because if you do you got to answer a billion people jokes aside their commitment to get well was incredible to watch i wish some of our own professional sportsmen in south africa had a similar attitude added ferguson who is the principal surgeon at the centre for sports medicine and orthopaedics in rosebank south africa the protean was impressed with the indian cricketers commitment to recover completely from various injuries just imagine these cricketers were willing to leave home go overseas get treated and do everything they can to get better he said asked about his interaction with tendulkar ferguson said sachin was frightening he was very intense he wanted to know all the details so that he was fully prepared and fully aware of the kind of treatment he was undergoing he and the others have all formed wonderful relationships with me and make me feel welcome in india he added