Sachin Tendulkar's five best performances before his international debut

Semi-finals of the Harris Shield, record-breaking partnership:

The Tendulkar-Kambli partnership was the highest in cricket back then

This was the time when Tendulkar and his teammate Vinod Kambli went berserk on the field and piled up 664 runs together, which was the highest partnership in the sport then. They were playing against St. Xavier's in February 1988 when Tendulkar at number four and Kambli at number three took the bowlers for a ride.

At the end of the day, they were on 192 and 182 respectively and went on to play despite their coach Archrekar asking them to declare their innings. Undeterred about the consequences, Tendulkar and Kambli went on to bat and made the momentous partnership which earned them a lot of recognition.

The most amusing part was that after scoring 326 in the semi-finals, Tendulkar walked across the ground to the other side to play for his team in the Giles Shield match, in which he made 178 not out and won the game.