5 times Team India surrendered after Sachin Tendulkar's wicket

#3 India vs Australia, fourth ODI, 2009-10

This is one of the most recent instances of this kind. Playing first, Australia had scored a massive total of 349 runs. Such a huge total reminded all the Indian fans of the 2003 World Cup final where Australia had set a similar target and India had failed miserably.

It was obviously not going to be easy. But Sachin made it look like it was a walk in the park. For the initial part of the innings, Sachin was a bit slow as he was cruising towards 17,000 runs. But once he crossed the number, he started playing his shots and went on to play one of the best innings of his entire career.

The Australian bowlers found themselves toyed with and they were smashed all over the park. During the entire course of his innings, Sachin made sure that the required run rate never reached even eight. Against a team like Australia, one can imagine what an effort it would have taken to make sure of this.

Sachin scored a mammoth 175 runs. Not because of the huge score, but the kind of pressure that Sachin played this innings under, it is surely one of his best innings ever. But what’s sad about it is that such a great innings went into a losing cause.

When Sachin got out, India needed 19 runs in 17 balls and the powerplay was on. It was quite achievable and still, the team ended up losing. There was one other half-century in the team. Like many other times, Sachin gave his best and still, India lost!