00:00The most foolish thing I've heard from a cricket fan is that India lost when Sachin scored 100.
00:05India didn't lose because Sachin scored a century. India lost because the rest of the team did not
00:10support him. Out of his 100 centuries, only 25 came in losses. In most of these 25 defeats,
00:17none of his teammates even scored a 50. Sachin was the only reason we managed respectable totals
00:22in those losses and he was blamed for trying. Throughout most of his career,
00:27Sachin had average teammates. Only in the 2000s did India field a better team and even then,
00:33Tendulkar sometimes carried the burden. I am reminded of the 2009 Hyderabad ODI against Australia
00:38where we were chasing 351 and Tendulkar scored 175. Half of those runs, but we lost by 3 runs
00:45because 7 of our batters did not cross the 10-run mark. India usually wins when Kohli scores 100
00:51because Kohli had support from Dhawan, Rohit, Dhoni and Pandya. I can only imagine how many more
00:58runs Tendulkar would have scored had he been part of this Indian setup.
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