Century 7 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 101 vs South Africa

Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

7 of 14;  ODI vs South Africa, Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

A big relief was Sachin wasn't the highest scorer in this match. Sachin scored 101. and Saurav Ganguly's 127 also went in vain because of 'the great Indian bowling'. Indian score was 279 in 50 overs.

The other scores were Dravid -1, Yuvraj -14, Sehwag -5. Sachin bowled 9-0-51-0, second best in economy rate next only to Agarkar (10-0-45-1)

It is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions!

Century 6 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 146 vs Zimbabwe

Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

6 of 14;  ODI vs Zimbabwe, Played at Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur

Zimbabwe was a superb bowling side in late 90s n early 2000s In this match, their bowling attack included the likes of Henry Olonga, Heath Streak, Bryan Strang, Travis Friend n Nkala

Sachin scored 146 out of india's 283 and the most interesting fact is, the  next high score in the Indan innings was 10th batsman Zaheer khan's 32 runs!!

You score 146 and the other 10 in the team fails to score more than 32! Funny Indian line up!


Indian bowlers colud not defend a score of 283 against the so called weak zimbabwe side! Sachin took the wicket of the best Zimbabwe batsman and the top scorer of the Innings Andy Flower.

It is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions!

Century 5 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 101 vs Srilanka

Sachin's yet another one man battle.

Here we discuss Sachin's 101 runs vs Srilanka in Sharjah.
Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.
it is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions! It wasn't his duty to take wickets and win the match! Even though he has did it many times.
5 of 14;  Coca-cola Champions trophy 20 october 2000 vs Srilanka, Played at Sharjah
India won the toss and batted first. Sachin opened the innings with Ganguly and he scored 101 out of India's total score of 224. The next high score in the innings was Robin Singh's 35  and other scores were like this Ganguly -17, Dravid16, Kambli 12, Yuvraj 7
Srilanka chased the score in 44th over. Sachin was very economic with the ball too 4.40 was his economy.
Sachin was the Man of the match of the team. That means, he performed better than the other 21 players.

Kumar Sangakkara: "India have not lost so many matches becoz of Tendulkar; they have lost because of poor team performances."

Scored  a century, as a lone warrior in Indian innings but others did not help him... and, fought again as a lone warrior in the bowling innings too! One man's efforts cannot win a team game each n every time...!

Century 4 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 143 Sharjah

Guys!! even the sand storm inning is one of those lost match innings! PITY!! Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

4 of 14;  Sharjah Cup semi final vs Austra, Played at Sharjah 1998

Guys, If you include this match in the lost match category, seriously... something is seriously wrong with you!!

No one in the history of the game has played such an inning guys! a total one man battle! The only aim of the team was to qualify to the finals of the sharjah cup. and Sachin did it alone!

India required 254 to pass New Zealand on net run rate, and qualify for the final.
Sand storm disrupted the play by about 25 minutes. Indian target after the break was 276 to win in 46 overs, or 237 in 46 to qualify for the final.

He did not get any sort of  support from the other batsmen for chasing the final qualifying target, or the match winning target. The next high score in the innings after Sachin's 143 was Mongia's 35 runs. Other batsmen's scores were Ganguly 17, Azhar 14, Jadeja 1, Laxman 23

He also took the wicket of Mark Waugh and ran out Steve Waugh in Australian innings.

Sachin chased it wonderfully... Achieved the main target in 42 overs with 20 balls left. and after that a slight edge from his bat was taken by Gillchrist. Only the bowler appealed. Umpire rejected the appeal but Sachin knew he had an edge and he left the crease. Even the umpire was stunned!! Sachin knew that he had achieved the main target.



HE LEFT THE CREASE AFTER ASSURING INDIA'S PLACE IN THE FINAL. and he won us the final also with another blistering century!

India could not win the game. because after Sachin left the crease the next batsmen's scores were like this Laxman 23 from 34 balls, and Kanitkar 5 from 14 balls. both not out!

It is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions!

Century 3 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 110 vs Srilanka

We discuss Sachin 110 runs in singer cup. Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

3 of 14;  Singer cup 3rd match vs Srilanka, Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

India won the toss and batted first. Sachin opened the innings with Jadeja and he scored 110 out of India's total score of 226. The only other fifty plus score was Azhar's 58 and other scores were like this Jadeja -0, Ganguly 16, Kambli 18

Srilanka chased the score of 226 in 45th over with the loss of only 1 wicket. Seven bowlers were used by India. Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Ashish Kapoor, Kumble, Sachin, Jadeja, Ganguly.

The most interesting fact is Sachin was the ONLY INDIAN BOWLER TO TAKE A WICKET among the 7 'great' Indian bowlers!

Kumar Sangakkara: "India have not lost so many matches becoz of Tendulkar; they have lost because of poor team performances."

it is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions! It wasn't his duty to take wickets and win the match! Even though he has did it many times.

Scored  a century, as a lone warrior in Indian innings but others did not help him... and, fought again as a lone warrior in the bowling innings too! One man's efforts cannot win a team game each n every time...!

Century 2 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 100 vs Pakistan

In this post we discuss Sachin's 100 vs Pakistan. Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

2 of 14;  Singer cup 3rd match vs Pakistan, played at Padang, Singapore  
Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first. Sachin scored 100 out of India's total score of 226. Sachin hit 9 boundaries while the other 10 batsmen hit a total of 4 boundaries! The only 50+ score of the innings was Sachin's 100. The other top order batsmen's scores were Manjrekar -41, Sidhu -14, Azhar -29, Dravid -4, Jadeja -5

Pakistan had a revised target of 187 from 33 overs and they hit 190 in 28 overs at a strike rate of 6.78 runs per over!



Sachin did not get any sort of support from the team. He scored almost half of the total runs at a strike rate better than others. Helped the team from a disaster, And now... critics blame Sachin for the loss! pity!!

Kumar Sangakkara: "India have not lost so many matches becoz of Tendulkar; they have lost because of poor team performances."

it is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions! It wasn't his duty to take wickets and win the match! Even though he has did it many times.

Century 1 of 14; THE TRUTH! Sachin's century and India losing! 137 vs Srilanka

A glum Sachin Tendulkar leans on Sanjay Manjrekar's shoulder after India's defeat -cricinfo

Folks, it is not the fault of Sachin Tendulkar that India ended up on the losing side even when he got a ton for the side. Sachin is just 1 among the 11 players playing for the team. His duty is to score runs, and did it well in those 16 occasions, with incredible strike rates in almost all occasions! It wasn't his duty to take wickets and win the match! Even though he has did it many times.

Kumar Sangakkara: "India have not lost so many matches becoz of Tendulkar; they have lost because of poor team performances."

Sachin has scored 49 tons in ODIs and India won in 33 matches. Lost in 14. No result in 2. We will discuss each one of these 16 occasions.

1 of 14;  Wills world cup 24th match vs Srilanka, played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 

India batted first. Sachin scored 137 at a srike rate of 100 with 5 big sixes. The other batsman opened the innings with him was Manoj Prabhakar. He hit 7 runs from 36 balls he faced. with a strike rate of 19. The only company he got was from Azharuddin who hit 72. India scored 271 it was a superb score in that era of 50 over One day cricket.

Srilanka wen past the target in 49th over. The openers gave them a blistering start. Both scored with good strike rates. and INdian opening bowler Manoj Prabhakar gave 47 runs in 24 balls he bowled.
Indian bowlers could not resist the Srilankan batsmen. Sachin did his best in the bowling too. Sachin was the second best bowler with superb economy rate in that Innings, after Anil kumble

He did his job perfectly. gave a blistering start. Scored at a superb strike rate in the entire innings. But the partners and the bowlers spoiled the party! And now... critics blame Sachin for the loss! pity!!