SachDan Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 155 not out against Australia at Chennai,1998. It came in the second innings where India had to score quickly and give enough time for the bowlers to bundle out the strong Australian batting line up. Shane Warne came came around the wicket to exploit the rough out side the off stump. Sachin swept him for a huge six to the mid wicket boundary. Australia lost the battle mentally!!!!!!!! Link to comment
praveenj Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 155 not out against Australia at Chennai' date='1998. It came in the second innings where India had to score quickly and give enough time for the bowlers to bundle out the strong Australian batting line up. Shane Warne came came around the wicket to exploit the rough out side the off stump. Sachin swept him for a huge six to the mid wicket boundary. Australia lost the battle mentally!!!!!!!![/quote'] even sachin will agree to it that his greatest innings was that one against Pakistan in a chase on chennai soil under scorching sun being under medical supervision... he was reportedly suffering from 104*F fever then... he was taking pain-killers and analgesics every five overs. When he got out, India were almost there, but couldn't make it finally. He also relished his 241* against aussies on their soil, as he had to answer some hard questions by Aussies who stated that he has weaknesses outside off stump. In that innings, very less percentage of his runs were scored on off side...he doesn't need full ground to score big hundreds... Link to comment
SachDan Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 even sachin will agree to it that his greatest innings was that one against Pakistan in a chase on chennai soil under scorching sun being under medical supervision... he was reportedly suffering from 104*F fever then... he was taking pain-killers and analgesics every five overs. When he got out, India were almost there, but couldn't make it finally. He also relished his 241* against aussies on their soil, as he had to answer some hard questions by Aussies who stated that he has weaknesses outside off stump. In that innings, very less percentage of his runs were scored on off side...he doesn't need full ground to score big hundreds... Both were great innings but unfortunately we couldn't win those tests. Here Sachin almost singlehandedly won us the test and gave a great platform for the team which ensured Mark Taylor's Australians couldn't capture the last frontier. Link to comment
praveenj Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 ya, but the subject was about his best innings... that 155 and other innings might just be behind in the huge list of innings... Link to comment
SachDan Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 ya' date=' but the subject was about his best innings... that 155 and other innings might just be behind in the huge list of innings...[/quote'] Praveen, that 241 aganist Australia was gritty knock.It was an out form Sachin battling back in to form. Great determination was shown there it was not an innings of authority from Sachin. Yes I agree the one vs Pak was phenomenal but... Link to comment
praveenj Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Praveen' date=' that 241 aganist Australia was gritty knock.It was an out form Sachin battling back in to form. Great determination was shown there it was not an innings of authority from Sachin. Yes I agree the one vs Pak was phenomenal but...[/quote'] yes dan, you are right on the nail... he was trying to stay out there... but he relished that innings, 'coz he never had to work so hard for a century before... Link to comment
SachDan Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 yes dan' date=' you are right on the nail... he was trying to stay out there... but he relished that innings, 'coz he never had to work so hard for a century before...[/quote'] Wat about his best ODI innings? for me it the 98 against Pakistan at Centurion in the 2003 world cup. Coming close second is the 143 vs Aussies at Sharjah in 1998(yours truly had the previlage of watching that innings at the stadium). Link to comment
praveenj Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 that world cup century against Zimbabwe in 1999 also comes to my mind...it was a crucial match... Link to comment
SachDan Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 that world cup century against Zimbabwe in 1999 also comes to my mind...it was a crucial match... He didn't play the match against Zimbawe since his father expired two days before that. It was against Kenya he scored the century in that world cup. Link to comment
praveenj Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 oh.... some misunderstandings here.. i was talking to a friend here and he was quoting the importance of sachin in that match... sry on that... apart from that, the sandstorm centuries had been the mind-blowing and worth-watching many times... he had some good innings in which india lost as well... for eg: that famous series against Pak in their soil, we had to chase down 325 or something... he had scored quick 142 and holed out in the deep... india was looking comfortable till then, but fell apart soon after.... Link to comment
SachDan Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 oh.... some misunderstandings here.. i was talking to a friend here and he was quoting the importance of sachin in that match... sry on that... apart from that, the sandstorm centuries had been the mind-blowing and worth-watching many times... he had some good innings in which india lost as well... for eg: that famous series against Pak in their soil, we had to chase down 325 or something... he had scored quick 142 and holed out in the deep... india was looking comfortable till then, but fell apart soon after.... Yeah, it was for the first time an Indian had scored a century on Pakistan soil. It was bad luck that we fell away after we lost Sachin. Link to comment
praveenj Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I heard Harsha once telling in an interview that sachin's 82 against Zim in Wc 2003 was rather very important after a lacklusture performance against minnows Holland and the mighty Aussie.. i5Fsnv6wHJo We always had been vulnerable against Zim in big tourneys... Link to comment
Sachinism Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 england at headingly when towards the end of the day him and ganguly went after the bowlers big time Link to comment
Anakin Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'll say the 114 at Parth as a youngster was quite good as well. Link to comment
putrevus Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 even sachin will agree to it that his greatest innings was that one against Pakistan in a chase on chennai soil under scorching sun being under medical supervision... he was reportedly suffering from 104*F fever then... he was taking pain-killers and analgesics every five overs. When he got out, India were almost there, but couldn't make it finally. He also relished his 241* against aussies on their soil, as he had to answer some hard questions by Aussies who stated that he has weaknesses outside off stump. In that innings, very less percentage of his runs were scored on off side...he doesn't need full ground to score big hundreds... that innings of 241 and 70 odd runs he got in second innings of that test costed india the win in that match becuase he batted so slow and admant on not playing some shots , he was outscored by laxman and even parthiv. Link to comment
MundaPakistani Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 155 not out has to be it. Could easily have been his 136 but he got out playing a silly shot. Link to comment
Gambit Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 This is his greatest knock: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63535.html Link to comment
Ram Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 All the threads on Sachin is boring the crap outta me. We should have some some sort of Moratorium on Sachin threads. Link to comment
praveenj Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 155 not out has to be it. Could easily have been his 136 but he got out playing a silly shot. You may want to reconsider calling that shot a silly one. You must understand the conditions he was playing in. He was taking medical attention every five overs odd, it was under scorching chennai sun, he was suffering viral fever.... so when he thought he may not go the distance, he tried to complete it asap. Unfortunately, he got out...but what happened to others in the lineup? were they dead? Link to comment
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