5 instances when bowlers faced the wrath of Sachin Tendulkar
India’s Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has played plenty of memorable knocks in his illustrious career. Among these, there were a few in which he went out with a purpose to prove a point to the opposition and to the entire cricketing world – that he is the one of the best to have ever played the game.Here we highlight 5 such instances from Sachin’s career, when he unleashed his wrath upon the bowlers.
#5 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 1999, Melbourne
1999 was an extremely tough year for Sachin Tendulkar for a lot of reasons, from losing his father to being burdened with captaincy for an extremely difficult tour to Australia. With all the odds stacked up against him and his team performing below the required standards, Sachin decided to take the war to the opposition all by himself.
In the 2nd Test of India’s 1999 tour Down Under at Melbourne, Tendulkar single-handedly fought the great Australian bowling attack featuring McGrath, Warne and Lee and scored an incredible 116 in a team total of 238. Although India lost the Test badly, many stood up and saluted the master for his valiant knock.