5 selfish acts involving famous cricketers

2. Dinesh Karthik first, Lasith Malinga next prevent Sachin Tendulkar from scoring a century in 2009

Dinesh Karthik

The man who hit 100 international centuries, Sachin Tendulkar, failed to get to the triple digits on many instances despite getting extremely close. The batsman was dismissed in the 90s many times. But, in 2009, he had a wonderful opportunity in front of him to register his 46th ODI century.

In a game against Sri Lanka, India was chasing 240 runs and was at 226/3 after 41 overs. Tendulkar, who was on 90, took a single off the second ball of the 42 over. His partner, Dinesh Karthik could have played the remaining four balls out and given an opportunity for Sachin to complete his century. But, he hit a six in that over which meant India needed just 7 runs to win the match.

In the next over, Sachin hit a four and took a single. He was on 99 and it was sure that Karthik would fend all the remaining deliveries in the over. However, to his misfortunes, Lasith Malinga bowled five wides and left the legendary batsman stranded on 96. But being a sport that he is, Sachin didn't bother and happily shook hands with the other players after India won the match.