5 epic ODI innings by Tendulkar while chasing that went in vain

#4 90 (84) vs Australia at Mumbai - World Cup (1996)

Sachin played a counter-attacking innings

Australia began their innings with a century partnership between Mark Taylor and Mark Waugh. They were cruising towards a mighty total but after Mark Waugh's dismissal, their innings lost the track. India put up a brilliant bowling and fielding efforts towards the end of the innings and reduced Australia from 258 for 6 to 258 all out.

India started the chase with their openers Ajay Jadeja and Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar was already at his peak and his previous 2 innings in this World Cup had produced the scores of 127* and 70 runs respectively. Jadeja fell cheaply for 1 run after consuming 17 deliveries and next man Vinod Kambli departed without troubling the scorers.

Tendulkar then played a counter-attacking innings and added 63 runs with captain Mohammad Azharuddin. After Azhar's departure, he added another half-century partnership with Sanjay Manjrekar. In an attempt to hit Mark Waugh out of the park, Tendulkar got stumped off Ian Healy. Falling 10 run short of his century, Sachin's innings was studded with 14 boundaries and 1 six. Manjrekar went on to score a gritty 62 run knock but India finally were all out in 48 overs, falling short of Aussies total by 16 runs