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!!