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I vividly remember the 5/32 vs Aus...He had scored low (maybe a duck) and won the match with the ball...
With those contributions in Kolkata and in Adelaide, sachin actually made the efforts of laxman and dravid more spectacular and everlasting. I wont think laxman innings would be cherished as much without sachin's effort. He dismiised heyden whom the strike bowlers can not dismiss cheaply throughout the series, and Gilchrist who in the first test won the match for Australia. Laxman carried India from loss to draw and sachin made india to win. But no one was there to make his efforts gems. If srinath, kumble, Prasad and joshi got 13 more runs vs pak in 1999, nobody would have been calling him not a match winner.
Once Sachin bowled and on his follow through very quickly fielded the ball and made a direct hit at the bowler's end and appealed strongly for the runout. Those were the days when the 3rd umpire referral was at infancy. Umpire Venkatraghavan, over-confident of his own human judgement, just smiled (as if it was too optimistic appeal) and decided not to refer to 3rd umpire. In the replays, it was found in fact the batsman was out by a couple of inches and Sachin's appeal was very valid. I am pretty sure Venkat would remember it even now. Trying to remember which match it was, but difficult to lookup since it was not-out and hence not available in the score cards. Sachin was unlucky on many occasions due to inadvertent errors of umpires. I think if Sachin was a bad boy on the field or bad mouthed character rather than a soft, nice and non-controversial, he would have gotten better treatment.
Titan cup 1996 is the best over that Sachin ever bowled. Its interesting though that the one picture you chose as the cover pic, Sachin is bowling a no ball there.
One of my favourite along with Kolkata mentioned above, is the one in Adelaide in 2003 in the second innings. In Adelaide, the game had reached a sudden stand-still after an India surge. It needed the Tendulkar magic. He comes in spins one through Damien Martyn and edges to the Dravid at slip. That same inviting leg-break showed up next over where the result was similar when Steve Waugh edged it. The later wicket was a real moment of euphoria as what was about the transpire did not, and after the last 8-0 defeats in 2011, still does not happen very often. India won that test. Dravid innings is one that memorable in our minds. But those wickets were the icing on the cake. Perhaps it is so because it came through a couple of genuine leg-break deliveries, which more special to watch than any other type of bowling.
Also, The ODI against Pak in Kochi: ODI # 2235
The Titan cup Virtual Semi
For the first time I see an article in cricinfo where the author really like minded..kudos to your taste..
In tests, Adelaide 2003 when he got Steve Waugh and Damian Martin, and those 3 wickets in Kolkata that turned a draw into a win. In ODIs, the 4 wicket burst after scoring a hundred against Australia at Dhaka in the CT 1998, and his 5for at Kochi and also the 1996 last over against Australia where he defended 5 runs to get India through. Had a particular liking for Australia not only with the bat.......
Sachin was very skillful - both with the bat and the ball. He could bowl googlies, doosras, off break leg break, in swing, out swing and all with a smile. He really enjoyed his bowling, and we did, too. For me, his most memorable wicket was Moin Khan's. Everyone including Moin knew he was going to bowl a googly and yet, he couldnt do a thing.
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