3rd: 3 for 36 against West Indies at Chepauk in 1994:
Lara and Carl Hooper were looking omnious sharing a 112 run partnership. Tendulkar comes in and traps Lara lbw, a huge partnership broken. He picks up two more wickets and is instrumental in restricting West Indies to paltry 221.

2nd: 4 for 38 against Australia at Dhaka in 1998:
Australia chasing India’s 307 score 194 in 34.1 overs with six wickets remaining. 112 runs required of 101 balls. Sachin chips in with the wickets of Steve Waugh, Michael Beaven and Martyn to seal the fate of Australian chase in a span of 10 overs. Australia are bundled out for 263. Sachin is the Man of the Match for his 141 and 4 wickets.

1st: 5 for 32 against Australia at Kochi in 1998
107 required of 112 balls with 7 wickets remaining. Australia has India on mat. Then comes the master craftsman, picking up 5 wickets that of Steve Waugh, Michael Beaven, Darren Lehmann, Tom Moody and Damien Martyn. Australia from 203 for 3 get dismissed for 268. Sachin for his magical spell wins the Man of the Match award purely for his bowling. He could score only 8 in that match.

Can Test match survive in the wake of the growing popularity of T20 format of the game, this is a question asked by many in the recent times.The Marylebone Cricket Club which is the custodian of the laws of cricket conducted a survey in places like South Africa, New Zealand and India found that Tests are fast loosing their popularity especially in India (referred to as the modern heartland of cricket by Sydney Morning Herald) with only 7% of people still following test cricket.The results of this surveys along with some suggestions are to be submitted to ICC in Dubai for the revival of the popularity of test cricket.Some the suggestions include conducting a world Tests Championship and playing day and night test.

3rd: 186 vs. New Zealand in Hyderabad

Hyderabad would probably be one of his best hunting grounds in India. He scored a majestic 186; also his best score, against New Zealand. Dravid gave him an able support with his 153. India scored 376 in that match much to the disdain of New Zealand bowlers. It was Tendulkar at its best.

2nd: 98 vs Pakistan in South Africa

Scoring against arch-rivals Pakistan on any day would be rated as best innings for an Indian fan. And if that is in a world cup, it would be icing on the cake. Sachin and Sehwag rollicked the pace trio of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akthar. Sachin’s 98 would remain in the hearts of every Indian fan for a long time to come. Specifically, the glided six over point of shoaib akthar bouncer would make anyone spill their glass of coke!

1st: 143 vs Australia in Sharjah

It is known as the sandstorm innings, where sachin helped India to qualify for the final. It was an innings of highest quality, brave commitment and stelly resolve. The undue interuptions due to the sand storm would make anyone lose their focus, but for “Sachin Tendulkar”. He not only ensured that India would qualify for the finals, but also gave a trailer of what to expect in the final. He scored a second consecutive century in the final to win the trophy for India.

Gilly watching ..watching... watching...!!!

Todays match of deccan chargers vs somerset was a thriller but in the end our own uppal stadium still bears no good signs for us.The match intially started of a blitzkrieg from adam gillchrist and our own hyderabadi v.v.s.laxman deccan chargers were at 59 for loss of two wickets at 5.5 overs gilly and suman reached the pavilion.It was a good start to the season for laxman who hit a 46 out of 35 balls and then with the loss of him and andrew symonds the DC were at 88/4 at 10.4 overs rohit sharma and styris tried to build apartnership and with their loss and afew hits from venugopal rao and a flury of wickets in the end saw DC at 153 runs from their 20 overs.

A good disciplined performance by somerset bowlers who were new to the international cricket.

Somerset got a steady start in the initial overs and three break throughs from RP singh made them a bit slow and a dynamic effort in bowling department from suman who bowled his two overs for 15 runs pulling two scalps then bought in ALFONSO THOMAS who took somerset past 153 in the end scoring 157 with styrius bowling a thriller of a over with taking 2 wickets from 3 balls but int the end gave away 2 crucial bouandries which cost the deccan chargers their match.

So a superb performance by the both teams and in the end Somerset pulling out a win now deccan chargers must win their match against trinidad and tobago to go through the group stage.Considering the performance dispalyed today by the chargers they will be favourites for the tie on oct14.

Duminy scored a marvelous 99 to secure a convincing victory for the Cape Cobras in the opening encounter of CLT20 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Duminy made the 180 run chase an easy looking affair with some clean hitting and meticulous planning. It was sheer hitting as he eclipsed every other batsmen, though Davids, Ontong and Canning chipped in with valuable support. All the bowlers of RCB barring Praveen Kumar were costly. Kumble and Van Der Merve leaked runs at the crucial stage of the match. Vinay Kumar and Kohli were completely out of sorts. Dale Steyn was sorely missed.

Earlier RCB managed a competitive total thanks to Utthapa and Ross Taylor who scored contrasting fifties. Uthappa along with Dravid and a bit of luck added 64 for the second wicket. Late surge of Ross Taylor by shuffling across wicket and lofting over legside for sixes took RCB to 180. Ross Taylor in all hit four sixes and four fours. Langeveldt was the pick of the bowlers for Cobras, but was unfortunate to get injured mid way of the innings while attempting a diving catch. All others were erring in line and were equally let down by some poor fielding. All in all it was a great beginning to the Champions League.