Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: 10 Top innings by the God of Cricket

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: April 24, 2020 09:02 IST2020-04-24T09:00:00+5:302020-04-24T09:02:26+5:30

143 v Australia at Sharjah, 1998 The match was one of the classic performances of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin's brilliant score of 143 helped the team to find a place in the final.

119* V England, Old Trafford, 1990 Tendulkar was only 17 years old with the conditions favourable for swing bowling the little master scored his first century in tests in great style. India found themselves in deep water at 127 for five but Tendulkar was successful in handling the pressure giving the hosts a tough fight thus proving everyone that he belonged to the international level.

117* V Australia, Sydney, 2007-08 Sydney hosted the first final of the CB Series and Tendulkar scored his first ever one day century in Australia. India were in a spot of a bother at 87 for three, but Tendulkar combined well with Rohit Sharma to win the match easily.

136 V Pakistan, Chennai, 1998-99 At 82 for five, Tendulkar found an able ally in Nayan Mongia and rebuilt the innings, but running out of partners and dealing with a back injury Tendulkar played perhaps his most painful innings. India went on to lose by 13 runs but Tendulkar won the hearts of cricketing greats with his grit and determination on the field.

141 v Pakistan at Rawalpindi, 2004 Sachin scored 141 runs off just 135 balls and Pakistan managed a win by just 12 runs. Tendulkar was named Man of the Match though he expressed his displeasure of India losing the match.

241 v Australia at Sydney, 2004, this was Steve Waugh’s last Test Of his 33 fours, 28 and 188 runs came on the leg side as he added 353 for the fourth wicket with VVS Laxman. Tendulkar rated this innings as the best in his cricketing career.

155* v Australia at Chennai, 1998 In the decider match of the Border-Gavaskar trophy of 1997/98, Sachin scored 155, helping India to rake up 418/4d, making way for their victory. Sachin was also adjudged the man of the match.

98 v Pakistan at Centurion, 2003 Sachin himself has describe this as his best inning. India was chasing a total of 273 runs and Sachin managed to score 98 off just 75 balls.

200 v South Africa at Gwalior, 2010 Sachin became the first batsman to score a double century in One Day Internationals. He achieved this feat from just 147 balls

114 v Australia at Perth, 1992 Sachin was nineteen when he went for his first Australia tour. The Master Blaster scored a 114 from just 161 balls. India put up a score of 272.

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