5 greatest knocks of Sachin Tendulkar in ODIs

1. 143 vs Australia, 1998

The Sachin Storm just blew the Australians away

What do you do, when a magician is at the peak of his powers? What do you do, when he casts spell after spell, that baffles you beyond your imagination? These would have been some of the questions in the minds of the Australians, as Tendulkar dazzled and sparkled his way to an ethereal 143.

The Australian bowling attack, consisting of the likes of Shane Warne, Michael Kasprowicz and Damien Fleming were smashed and plundered to all parts of the ground. To put things in some perspective, the next highest scorer for India was Dinesh Mongia who scored 35 runs.

This knock is also famously referred to as the ‘Desert Storm’ innings. The Australians managed to weather the desert storm, but they had no idea that another storm was about to hit them.

The Sachin Storm just blew the Australians away!