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Pakistan in West Indies ODI Series - 2nd ODI
2011 tour to West Indies
Played at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
25 April 2011 (50-over match)
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. WI managed to score 220 runs off 50 overs.
Pakistan won by 7 wickets with 12 balls remaining.

WI vs Pak Highlights 2nd ODI 2011 St Lucia 25 April

Pakistan vs West Indies 2nd ODI 25rd April 2011 Highlights: Part 1


Pakistan vs West Indies 2nd ODI 25rd April 2011 Highlights: Part 2


Pakistan vs West Indies 2nd ODI 25rd April 2011 Highlights: Part 3


Pakistan vs West Indies 2nd ODI 25rd April 2011 Highlights: Part 4


Pakistan vs West Indies 2nd ODI 25rd April 2011 Highlights: Part 5

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Pakistan vs West Indies 1st ODI Highlights 2011 (Pak vs WI highlights)

Pakistan in West Indies ODI Series - 1st ODI
2011 tour to West Indies
Played at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
23 April 2011 (50-over match)
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. WI managed to score 221 runs off 50 overs. Pakistan started the game pretty well. Hafeez, Asad and Misbah each scored a 50 and helped Pak in Achieving the victory against WI in the first ODI.
Pakistan won by 8 wickets with 51 balls remaining.

WI vs Pak Highlights 1st ODI 2011 St Lucia 21 April

Pakistan vs West Indies 1st ODI 23rd April 2011 Highlights: Part 1


Pakistan vs West Indies 1st ODI 23rd April 2011 Highlights: Part 2


Pakistan vs West Indies 1st ODI 23rd April 2011 Highlights: Part 3


Pakistan vs West Indies 1st ODI 23rd April 2011 Highlights: Part 4

Part 5 will be uploaded here after sometime. Check back soon.

Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors Live Streaming, 21st IPL Cricket 2011 T20, Mumbai vs Pune Live Scorecard, Mumbai vs Pune IPL Live, MI vs Pune Live

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Mumbai Indians Won by 7 Wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

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Pune Warriors Live Score: 118/10 Runs 17.2 Overs

Mumbai Indians Live Score: 124/3 Runs 20 Overs

IPL Cricket 2011 Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors Toss: Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat

IPL Cricket 2011 Points: Mumbai Indians 2, Pune Warriors 0

IPL Cricket 2011 Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors Player of the match: MM Patel (Mumbai Indians)

IPL Cricket 2011 Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

IPL Cricket 2011 Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors played on Wednesday, 20th April 2011.

Pune vs Mumbai IPL 4 19th T20 match scheduled to begin at 16:00 local time (10:30 GMT).

21st T20 IPL Cricket 2011 Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors live start at 4PM India Time

Mumbai Indians Squad or Team
SR Tendulkar*, AN Ahmed, AC Blizzard, YS Chahal, CRD Fernando, JEC Franklin, Harbhajan Singh, MC Henriques, DJ Jacobs, S Kanwar, DS Kulkarni, SL Malinga, AG Murtaza, MM Patel, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, R Sathish, RG Sharma, TL Suman, P Suyal, A Symonds, AP Tare†, BSK Yadav, SA Yadav

Pune Warriors Squad or Team
Yuvraj Singh*, Imtiyaz Ahmed, ER Dwivedi, JP Faulkner, CJ Ferguson, GB Gaikwad, Harpreet Singh, DS Jadhav, AA Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, M Kartik, HH Khadiwale, B Kumar, NL McCullum, M Manhas, MR Marsh, MD Mishra, SS Mundhe, A Nehra, TD Paine†, MK Pandey, WD Parnell, S Rana, JD Ryder, R Sharma, GC Smith, JE Taylor, AC Thomas, RV Uthappa, SB Wagh

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Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers Won by 16 Runs

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Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Live Score: 168/4 Runs 20 Overs

Delhi Daredevils Live Score: 152/7 Runs 20 Overs

IPL Cricket 2011 Hyderabad Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils Toss: Deccan Chargers, who chose to bat

IPL Cricket 2011 Points: Deccan Chargers 2, Delhi Daredevils 0

IPL Cricket 2011 Hyderabad Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils Player of the match: S Sohal (Deccan Chargers)

IPL Cricket 2011 Hyderabad Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.

IPL Cricket 2011 Hyderabad Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils played on Tuesday, 19th April 2011.

DD vs DC IPL 4 19th T20 match scheduled to begin at 16:00 local time (10:30 GMT)

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Squad or Team
KC Sangakkara*†, A Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, AA Bhandari, B Chipli, DT Christian, KH Devdhar, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, MS Gony, Harmeet Singh, IR Jaggi, MJ Lumb, CA Lynn, I Malhotra, A Mishra, PP Ojha, KP Pietersen, DB Ravi Teja, JN Shah, I Sharma, S Sohal, DW Steyn, J Theron, CL White, AS Yadav

Delhi Daredevils Squad or Team
V Sehwag*, VR Aaron, AB Agarkar, TR Birt, R Bist, U Chand, A Chandila, AB Dinda, AJ Finch, R Frylinck, JR Hopes, CA Ingram, AB McDonald, M Morkel, S Nadeem, Y Nagar, PT Naik, NV Ojha†, IK Pathan, RV Pawar, AM Salvi, S Sriram, RE van der Merwe, Y Venugopal Rao, Vikas Mishra, MS Wade, DA Warner, TP Yadav, U Yadav, Vivek Yadav

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals Live Streaming, 20th IPL Cricket 2011 T20, RR vs RCB Live Scorecard, RCB vs Rajasthan Royals IPL Live

Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

RCB vs RR T20 match Abandoned Without a Ball Bowled

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IPL Cricket 2011 Points: Royal Challengers Bangalore 1, Rajasthan Royals 1

IPL Cricket 2011 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Player of the match:

IPL Cricket 2011 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

IPL Cricket 2011 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore will be played on Tuesday, 19th April 2011.

RR vs RCB IPL 4 19th T20 match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT).

Rajasthan Royals Squad or Team
SK Warne*, SA Asnodkar, STR Binny, J Botha, DL Chahar, AA Chavan, A Chopra, AP Dole, ND Doshi, R Dravid, SM Fallah, FY Fazal, AL Menaria, S Narwal, JDP Oram, Pankaj Singh, AG Paunikar, AM Rahane, AS Raut, D Salunkhe, PR Shah, A Singh, SW Tait, LRPL Taylor, SK Trivedi, SR Watson, DH Yagnik

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad or Team
DL Vettori*, MA Agarwal, S Aravind, KB Arun Karthik, BN Bharath, RR Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, ANPR Fernando, CM Gautam, M Kaif, AA Kazi, Z Khan, V Kohli, CK Langeveldt, A Mithun, DP Nannes, R Ninan, AUK Pathan, LA Pomersbach, CA Pujara, RR Rossouw, SS Tiwary, JJ van der Wath, JD Vandiar

Pakistan vs University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI Live Streaming,PK vs WI 2011,Pakistan vs West Indies Scorecard,PAK vs WI Live Warm Up Match

Pakistan vs University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI

Pakistan vs University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI Live Streaming

PAK vs WI 2011 Warm up match - Pakistan vs University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI

PAK vs WI 2011 Warm up match - Pakistan vs University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI

Pakistan vs University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI Live

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PAK vs WI 2011 - Pakistan vs University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI will be played at Gros Islet

PAK vs WI 2011 - Pakistan vs University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI will be played on Monday, 18th April 2011.

Pakistan vs University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI Warm up match scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT

Shahid Afridi*, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Hammad Azam, Junaid Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Salman†, Sadaf Hussain, Saeed Ajmal, Tanvir Ahmed, Taufeeq Umar, Umar Akmal, Usman Salahuddin, Wahab Riaz

Pakistan vs West Indies 2011 Schedule, PAK vs NZ 2011 Fixtures, TimeTable, PAK vs NZ 2011 Date, Pakistan Time, PAK vs WI 2011 Time Table,PDF, XL

Pakistan vs West Indies 2011 Schedule

PAK vs WI 2011 Date and Time	Pakistan vs West Indies 2011 Match Schedule
Mon Apr 18  14:00 GMT | 10:00 local 19:30 IST	University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI vs Pakistanis Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Thu Apr 21  18:00 GMT | 14:00 local 23:30 IST	Only T20I - Pakistan vs West Indies Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sat Apr 23  13:30 GMT | 09:30 local 19:00 IST	1st ODI - Pakistan vs West Indies Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Mon Apr 25  13:30 GMT | 09:30 local 19:00 IST	2nd ODI - Pakistan vs West Indies Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Thu Apr 28  13:30 GMT | 09:30 local 19:00 IST	3rd ODI - Pakistan vs West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sun May 1  13:30 GMT | 09:30 local 19:00 IST	4th ODI - Pakistan vs West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Thu May 5  13:30 GMT | 09:30 local 19:00 IST	5th ODI - Pakistan vs West Indies Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sun May 8 - Mon May 9  14:00 GMT | 10:00 local 19:30 IST	TBC vs Pakistanis Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
Thu May 12 - Mon May 16  14:00 GMT | 10:00 local 19:30 IST	1st Test - Pakistan vs West Indies Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri May 20 - Tue May 24  14:00 GMT | 10:00 local 19:30 IST	2nd Test - Pakistan vs West Indies Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

 

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Pune Warriors India Team IPL 2011

IPL 2011 Pune Warriors India Team and Administration
Batsmen Graeme Smith Callum Ferguson Dheeraj Jadhav Manish Pandey Abhishek Jhunjhunwala Harpreet Singh Mohnish Mishra Harshad Khadiwale All Rounders Yuvraj Singh (Captain) Jesse Ryder Angelo Mathews Mitchell Marsh Nathan McCullum Ganesh Gaikwad Mithun Manhas Sachin Rana		Wicket Keepers Robin Uthappa Tim Paine Eklavya Dwivedi Bowlers Ashish Nehra Murali Karthik Alfonso Thomas Wayne Parnell Jerome Taylor Kamran Khan Bhuvneshwar Kumar Shrikant Wagh Shrikant Mundhe Rahul Sharma Imtiyaz Ahmed		Support Staff Director -Deep Dasgupta Captain - Yuvraj Singh Coach -Geoff Marsh Assistant Coach - Praveen Amre Assistant Coach -Dermot Reeve Fitness Trainer - Steve Smith Computer Analyst -Unni Krishnan

 

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Rajasthan Royals Team IPL 2011

IPL 2011 Rajasthan Royals Team and Administration
Batsmen Ashok Meenaria Ajinkya Rahane Aakash Chopra Ross Taylor Rahul Dravid Faiz Fazal Swapnil Asnodkar Dinesh Salunkhe All Rounders Johan Botha Shane Watson Stuart Binny Jacob Oram Sumit Narwal Ankeet Chavan Paul Collingwood		Wicket Keepers Amit Paunikar Pinal Shah Dishant Harendra Yagnik Bowlers Abhishek Raut Amit Singh Deepak Chahar Shane Warne (Captain) Shaun Tait Siddharth Trivedi Nayan Doshi Samad Fallah Aditya Dole Pankaj Singh		Coaches Director of Coaching: Darren Berry Performance Coach: Jeremy Snape Team Manager: Sushil Tulaskar Physiotherapist: John Gloster

 

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Royal Challengers Bangalore Team IPL 2011

IPL 2011 Royal Challengers Bangalore Team and Administration
Batsmen Virat Kohli Saurabh Tiwary Tillakaratne Dilshan Cheteshwar Pujara Luke Pomersbach Rilee Rossouw Mayank Agarwal KB Arun Karthik Mohammad Kaif All Rounders Daniel Vettori (Captain) Johan van der Wath Jonathan Vandiar Asad Pathan Raju Bhatkal		Wicket Keeper AB de Villiers CM Gautam Bowlers Zaheer Khan Dirk Nannes Charl Langeveldt Abhimanyu Mithun Nuwan Pradeep Sreenath Aravind Bharath BN Sarfaraz Ashraf Rajat Sharma Ryan Ninan Abrar Kazi.		Support Staff Head Coach: Ray Jennings Assistant Head Coach: Sanath Kumar Physiotherapist: Evan Speechly Mentor : Anil Kumble CEO: Brijesh Patel Manager: Avinash Vaidya Masseur: Ramesh Mane Team Analyst: Prassana Agoram Head Strength And Conditioning Coach: Basu S Captain: Daniel Vettori

 

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Delhi Daredevils Team IPL 2011

IPL 2011 Delhi Daredevils Team and Administration
Batsmen Virender Sehwag (Captain) Aaron Finch David Warner Travis Birt Venugopal Rao Colin Ingram Unmukt Chand Robin Bist Prashant Naik All Rounders Andrew McDonald James Hopes Irfan Pathan Roelof van der Merwe Robert Frylinck Yogesh Nagar Sridharan Sriram Tejashwini		Wicket Keepers Mathew Wade Naman Ojha Bowlers Morne Morkel Ajit Agarkar Ashok Dinda Rajesh Pawar Umesh Yadav Shahbaz Nadeem Vikas Mishra Vivek Yadhav Avishkar Salvi Varun Aaron		Support Staff Head Coach:Greg Shipperd Asst/Bowling Coach: Eric Simmons Physiotherapist: Kirk Russell Trainer: Rob Walter Fielding Coach/Video Analyst: Trent Woodhill Masseur: Randeep

 

TV Channels broadcasting Pakistan vs West Indies 2011 - Live

After the World Cup, Pakistan tours to West Indies for 1 T20, 5 ODIs and 2 Test matches starting from April 21. With IPL n one part of world, international matches like this may be more exciting. As this is going to be held in West Indies, Ten Sports has the broadcastng rights for the whole series.

Australia : The matches are shown live in Fox Sports on Fox Sports 1. It is available in channel number 501 and channel no. 203 (for HD).

Canada : not confirmed

India : Ten Cricket - the sister channel of Ten Sports will broadcast all the matches of the series in India. Ten Cricket is available in major cable and DTH-platforms in India. More details on watching Ten Cricket live.

Middle East : Ten Sports

Nepal : Ten Cricket

New Zealand : Sky Sport

Pakistan : All the matches of series will be broadcast in Ten Sports in Pakistan.

South Africa and other African countries: Super Sport

UK : Sky Sports will show the matches Live in UK and Ireland. The channels vary for different matches. The first ODI is shown in Sky Sports 4 and Sky Sports 4 HD. Sky Sports 2 and Sky Sports 3 will also broadcast some matches.

USA : ESPN3 (not confirmed)

CSK VS RCB HIGLIGHTS: MICHAEL HUSSEY AND STRONG BATTING LINE UP OF CSK LED TO CSK'S WIN

Chennai: Defending champions Chennai Super Kings rode on a blistering unbeaten 83 from Michael Hussey as they thumped Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs to bounce back after their last match defeat in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.

Playing his first match of the tournament, Hussey smashed 11 fours and a six in his 56-ball knock to anchor Chennai to an imposing 183 for five after electing to bat at the M A Chaidambaram Stadium.

Chasing 184 for five for a win, Bangalore struggled throughout after losing three key wickets inside the first five overs before A B de Villiers made a last-ditch effort to snatch a win with a strokeful 64.

But the asking rate, which rose to nearly 15 by the 15th over, was too much to overcome and Bangalore could manage 162 for seven in 20 overs to slump to their third successive loss in the tournament.

De Villiers played some stunning shots, including a reverse-sweep six off Tim Southee, to make a match out of it before he was out in the penultimate over. His 64 off 44 balls contained five fours and two sixes.

Albie Morkel and Suraj Randiv took two wickets each for Bangalore while Tim Southee, Ravichandran Ashwin and Sadab Jakati scalped a wicket each.

Bangalore were at the backfoot as soon as they started the chase with two batsmen returning to the hut for just 17 runs on the board by the second over itself.

Opener Tillakaratne Dilshan's poor run of form in the tournament continued as he fell for a first-ball duck, caught by Anirudha Srikkanth at mid-wicket region off Morkel in the second ball of the chase.

One-down Asad Pathan looked like he was not concerned by the early jolt and hit two fours and six off Morkel as if taking revenge for dismissing Dilshan.

Pathan's brief aggression turned out to be flash in the pan as he was sent packing for 14 (off five balls) in the second over by Southee who bowled the batsman who played across while attempting a scoop shot.

Bangalore's misery was compounded as the other opener Mayank Agarwal (7) departed in the fifth over with Ashwin striking in his first over.

Agarwal inexplicably went for a big shot without reaching to the pitch of the ball and ended up skying one to Morkel. Bangalore were 31 for three in the fifth over.

Besides de Villiers, Virat Kohli was the other Bangalore batsman who took the Chennai bowlers to task before he was out while trying to accelerate the pace with the asking rate rising steeply.

Kohli, who made 71 in a losing cause in Bangalore's last match, gave special treatment to Jakati with two fours and a six in quick succession but it was the same bowler who had the last laugh.

Jakati enticed Kohli to come charging down the track and the batsman top-edged the ball to Anirudha at long-on. Kohli's 35 came from 28 balls with the help of four boundaries and a six.

At 73 for four in the 11th over, it looked a tough task for Bangalore to overhaul the target but A B de Villiers, who had been ordinary in the tournament so far, kept RCB in for a chance with some lusty hits.

De Villiers also picked out Jakati as he hit the bowler for a six and a four to take 13 runs from the 14th over but the South African did not get much support from the other end.

Saurbh Tiwary departed in the 15th over, dismissed by Suraj Randiv leaving Bangalore to score 111 runs from 9.1 overs with five wickets intact.

The late heroics by de Villiers gave a ray of hope to Bangalore but the hiccups in the initial overs proved costly in the end.

Earlier, Hussey cashed in on two dropped chances to score unbeaten 83 to help Chennai score 183 for five.

The Australian was well supported by opener Murali Vijay (31 off 21) and Suresh Raina (29 off 16) while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (22) provided late burst with some lusty hittings as the home side entertained the packed crowd.

For Bangalore, paceman Johan van der Wath (2/49) and off-spinner Ryan Ninan (2/31) were the most successful bowlers though both were quite expensive. Zaheer Khan also grabbed a wicket giving away 33 runs from his quota of four overs.

Openers Vijay and Hussey struggled to get off the blocks against the pace and spin combination of Zaheer Khan and Bangalore skipper Daniel Vettori, with the first four overs yielding just 18 runs.

Vettori introduced South African medium pacer van der Wath into the attack in the fifth over and he had almost accounted for Hussey's wicket on his second ball but Mohammad Kaif dropped a sitter at the mid-off region.

Vijay took van der Wath for special treatment in the same over as he hit him for two consecutive fours and a six to take 15 runs from the over.

Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan was not spared either as this time Hussey, playing in place of New Zealander Scott Styris, hit him for two consecutive fours in the sixth over.

Chennai reached the 50-run mark in 6.2 overs but immediately Vijay was dismissed by Ninan.

Next man in Suresh Raina (29) and Hussey put on a 45-run stand for the second wicket to take the Chennai total close to 100-run mark.

Raina's arrival provided the much-needed impetus to Chennai innings as the left-hander clobbered Ninan for two consecutive fours and a six in the 11th over.

But it was Ninan who had the last laugh as Raina, looking for another big shot, ended up giving a simple catch to Mayank Agarwal at extra cover. He hit three fours and a six in his 16-ball stay.

From there on, it was left to Hussey and Dhoni to guide Chennai to an imposing total.

STORY BEHIND GANGULY EXCLUSION FROM KOCHI

New Delhi: Former India and Kolkata Kinght Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly may have lost a realistic chance of playing in this year's Indian Premier League, according to the IPL rule book.

It was learnt on Friday that the Kochi Tuskers Kerala had made an attempt to rope in Ganguly as a replacement player for Steve Smith. Having been ignored at the IPL-4 auction in January in Bangalore, the only way Ganguly could have come into the IPL was as a replacement player.

With Smith pulling out of injury, Kochi wanted Ganguly as his replacement but the rule book states that, a player can be replaced at the same or lesser price than the player to be replaced. Smith was purchased by Kochi for $200,000 while Ganguly's base price was $400,000.

Surprisingly, Ganguly's base price, initially, was $200,000. But former Indian skipper, along with a few other players, including Rahul Dravid, had increased it to $400,000.

If he had not done that, Ganguly could easily have walked into the Kochi team and fulfilled his dream of playing in the IPL-4.

Yet Another Century To Sachin And The Team Losses: But what the statistics shows?

New Delhi: Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala should have been discussed for all the right reasons. There was an excellent exhibition of batting and of a fearlessness that defined the game. Sachin Tendulkar's first IPL and T20 hundred came in a trademark classy style and then Mahela Jayawardene and Brendon McCullum replied with a fearlessness that was imperative to lift the team after two straight losses.

But what was disappointing to see was the usual refrain about how the team loses when Tendulkar hits a century. In the last one year and despite the fact that he was instrumental in India lifting the World Cup just over a couple of weeks ago, there has been this myth that seems to have been built around his hundreds. While everyone eagerly waits for a big knock from Tendulkar, they are equally wary about the outcome of a game once he gets to the three-figure mark. And so it has become important to bust the myth and state the facts as they stand.

Sachin Tendulkar has hit 99 international hundreds with 51 coming in Test matches and 48 in one-day internationals.

In Tests alone, 20 of Tendulkar's hundreds have come in winning causes, another 20 have come in games that have either been draws or no results, and only 11 have come in a losing cause. Of those 11 occasions, it was often Tendulkar who stood tall amongst the ruins. His 114 against Australia at Perth in 1991-92 series is considered to be among his finest hundreds. But with no support from the other end and Kiran More, who batted at No. 10 in that game, being the second top scorer with 43 there was no way India could have won the match.

In the second innings of the first Test against England at Edgbaston in 1996, it was Tendulkar again who scored a masterly 122 out of a total of 219 as Chris Lewis picked up a five-wicket haul to run through the Indian innings.

His third hundred in a losing cause came when he captained the team to South Africa in the 1996-97 series. Playing the New Year Test at Newlands, Cape Town and facing South Africa's mammoth first innings score of 529/7 declared, Tendulkar walked in at No. 5 with the team reeling at 33/4. It soon became 58/5 but the champion was undeterred. He smashed 169 in an innings that was studded with 24 boundaries. And for once he found support in Mohammad Azharuddin who scored an excellent 115. But once Azhar was run out after a 222-run stand, the others failed to keep their wickets. Tendulkar was the last man to be dismissed.

The 1998-99 season was surely the heartbreak year for the little master. His 177 against Australia in the Bangalore Test gave India a healthy total of 424, but with a second innings collapse India lost the Test by eight wickets. Then during the tour of New Zealand, Tendulkar scored 113 in the second innings of the Wellington Test, thereby giving India the chance to set the Kiwis a target of 213 that they chased down with four wickets to spare. A month later, Tendulkar - battling an immense back pain - hit 136 against Pakistan in the Chennai Test that India lost by an agonising 12 runs. Nayan Mongia (58) and Rahul Dravid (10) were the only other two batsmen to get to double figures in that match.

Again and again, it was Tendulkar who put up a fight. It was Tendulkar who fought till the last ball.

Seven of his eleven Test hundreds in losing causes came in the decade of the 90s. And as Team India turned over a new leaf and Tendulkar found support, his hundreds came in more and more winning causes. From 2001 to 2011, Tendulkar has hit 27 Test hundreds - 15 of which have come in winning causes.

In one-day internationals as well, 33 of Tendulkar's 48 hundreds have come in winning causes, while 13 have come in losing causes and two in matches that yielded no result.

His first five one-day hundreds, each against different opponents, all came in winning causes and it wasn't till the league game against Sri Lanka in Delhi during the 1996 World Cup that a hundred from Tendulkar's blade had gone in vain.

While his Test hundreds in 1998-99 ended up in losing causes, the champion - starting with that amazing 134 against Australia in Sharjah in 1998 - hit 11 of his next ODI hundreds in winning causes.

From 2001 to 2011, Tendulkar has hit 21 ODI hundreds and 12 of those have come in winning causes, while one came in the tied game against England in the World Cup. And again his hundreds in losing causes too came in games where the others failed the team.

Chasing 329 against Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2003-04, Tendulkar hit 141 with extras coming in second best with 37. His next hundred, 123 vs Pakistan at Motera, Ahmedabad in 2004-05 helped India get to 315, but the bowlers failed to defend the target. And who can forget the 175 against Australia in Hyderabad where India lost by three runs chasing 350. In that game as well, the other batsmen barring Suresh Raina (59) failed to contribute and Tendulkar was once again the lone ranger.

In all, his 99 international hundreds have seen India home on 53 occasions, while 24 of them have come in losing causes and 22 have come in games that have been either drawn or tied or seen no results. I rest my case!