The 'myth' about Sachin ton and India losing

[jamesbond]

Sachin Tendulkar gets to yet another century but India end up on the losing side - How many times have we seen that? Even in this World Cup, the batting legend went past 100 on two occasions but neither facilitated an Indian win. However, it is not the fault of the great cricketer that India ended up on the losing side yet again.

While there would be the Tendulkar bashers and critics who say that India lose a match whenever Sachin scores a century, the statistics prove otherwise. Of the 48 ODI centuries that Tendulkar has scored so far, only 13 such three-figure scores have ended up in a losing cause for India, while in 33 matches, where the batting maestro has gone past 100, India have emerged victors. One match against England in July 2002 saw a Sachin ton yield no result while the recently concluded match against the same side resulted in a tied game.

Here's a look at Sachin's ODI hundreds in losing causes:

Runs 4s 6s Strike Rate Innings Against Venue Date
137 8 5 100.00 1 Sri Lanka Delhi 2-Mar-96
100 9 1 90.09 1 Pakistan Singapore 5-Apr-96
110 5 1 79.71 1 Sri Lanka Colombo 28-Aug-96
143 9 5 109.16 2 Australia Sharjah 22-Apr-98
101 3 1 72.14 1 Sri Lanka Sharjah 20-Oct-00
146 15 2 95.42 1 Zimbabwe Jodhpur 8-Dec-00
101 9 0 78.29 1 South Africa Johannesburg 5-Oct-01
141 17 1 104.44 2 Pakistan Rawalpindi 16-Mar-04
123 12 2 94.61 1 Pakistan Ahmedabad 12-Apr-05
100 10 1 88.49 1 Pakistan Peshawar 6-Feb-06
141* 13 5 95.27 1 West Indies Kuala Lumpur 14-Sep-06
175 19 4 124.11 2 Australia Hyderabad 5-Nov-09
111 8 3 109.90 1 South Africa Nagpur 12-Mar-11


Now that the statistics prove Sachin's hundreds have yielded more wins than losses for India, let us see what the maestro has done for India's cause when he has gone past 50 but not a ton.

Out of the 93 times Sachin Tendulkar has scored a fifty, India have secured 56 wins while ending up on the losing side 35 times. Two games yielded no results. Digging deeper, India has won 28 times whenever Sachin has scored between 70 to 99.

The next question that will come up on peoples' minds is "Who has scored the maximum number of tons in winning causes for their respective teams?" Once again, Tendulkar's critics will have their mouths tightly shut because the master tops the chart with most number of tons resulting in a team's win. He also has stayed unbeaten the most number of times while leading a team's win.

Here is the list:

Player Country Hundreds Not-outs Highest
Sachin Tendulkar India 33 13 200*
Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 24 5 189
Ricky Ponting Australia 25 8 145
Sourav Ganguly India 18 10 183
Brian Lara West Indies 16 3 169
Adam Gilchrist Australia 16 1 172
Desmond Haynes West Indies 16 10 152*
Saeed Anwar Pakistan 16 6 194
Mark Waugh Australia 15 4 173
Herschelle Gibbs South Africa 15 1 175


To conclude, Sachin's contribution to the game and to India, regardless of what people say, is undoubted and he has more often than not provided joy than agony to the cricket fan. The South Africa match was another instance of the legend putting up his hand and giving his all to the team while the others failed, but can Tendulkar be blamed for his teammates not performing?


you rock you rock you rock you rock you rock you rock

[C Ronaldo]

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No need to prove all this  #~` #~`

Cricket ni follow aye vaalaki telusu Sachin role endo

Sachin century kottadam valla match odipiyindi anna vaalaki cricket ante telvad, i pity them  sCh_elmodance2

[Don Seenu]

[quote author=C Ronaldo link=topic=166951.msg2012737#msg2012737 date=1299974797]
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No need to prove all this  #~` #~`

Cricket ni follow aye vaalaki telusu Sachin role endo

Sachin century kottadam valla match odipiyindi anna vaalaki cricket ante telvad, i pity them  sCh_elmodance2
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[Maximus]

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[Rendu]

[quote author=C Ronaldo link=topic=166951.msg2012737#msg2012737 date=1299974797]
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No need to prove all this  #~` #~`

Cricket ni follow aye vaalaki telusu Sachin role endo

Sachin century kottadam valla match odipiyindi anna vaalaki cricket ante telvad, i pity them  sCh_elmodance2
[/quote] you rock you rock you rock you rock you rock you rock @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d

[NaughtyBoy]

[quote author=C Ronaldo link=topic=166951.msg2012737#msg2012737 date=1299974797]
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No need to prove all this  #~` #~`

Cricket ni follow aye vaalaki telusu Sachin role endo

Sachin century kottadam valla match odipiyindi anna vaalaki cricket ante telvad, i pity them sCh_elmodance2
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[Sahiti]

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[jamesbond]

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[NaughtyBoy]

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[vaasu]

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odipoyina matches lo
1. 175 against aus in hyd 2009. one of the best innings in ODI.
2. 143 against aus in sharjah 1998. the best innings by sachin in his career. ee innings choosi don bradman gaadu full impress ayyi vaadi bday ki sachin ki special invitation pampadu.  next match finals lo kooda sachin malli century kottadu.

evadu emmana sachin rocks anthe.

[gerrard]

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[kingmakers]

[quote author=C Ronaldo link=topic=166951.msg2012737#msg2012737 date=1299974797]
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No need to prove all this  #~` #~`

Cricket ni follow aye vaalaki telusu Sachin role endo

Sachin century kottadam valla match odipiyindi anna vaalaki cricket ante telvad, i pity them  sCh_elmodance2
[/quote] @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d

[NaughtyBoy]

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odipoyina matches lo
1. 175 against aus in hyd 2009. one of the best innings in ODI.
2. 143 against aus in sharjah 1998. the best innings by sachin in his career. ee innings choosi don bradman gaadu full impress ayyi vaadi bday ki sachin ki special invitation pampadu.  next match finals lo kooda sachin malli century kottadu.

evadu emmana sachin rocks anthe.
[/quote]and also I remember one century in which he just scored a single boundary out of 100 against Sri Lanka is also memorable to me blast blast blast blast

[gerrard]

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odipoyina matches lo
1. 175 against aus in hyd 2009. one of the best innings in ODI.
2. 143 against aus in sharjah 1998. the best innings by sachin in his career. ee innings choosi don bradman gaadu full impress ayyi vaadi bday ki sachin ki special invitation pampadu.  next match finals lo kooda sachin malli century kottadu.

evadu emmana sachin rocks anthe.
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  @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d @gr33d

[vaasu]

sachin century meedha comment chese yedavalu okka vishayam alochinchali.

sachin 100+ kottina matches score cards choodanti. atleast 30 matches lo inkevadu 50 kooda kottaledhu. after all cricket is not one man show.
1998 year lo 9 odi 100's, 3-4 times 90's lo out ayyadu.
no other player might have done this in single year.

sachin the pride of cricket.