10 Most Destructive One Day International innings of all time

#7 Sachin Tendulkar’s 175 against Australia at Hyderabad in 2009

Sachin Tendulkar once again showed he was the one man army for Team India at Hyderabad

Australia batted first and scored a massive 350 with contributions from Shaun Marsh (112), Shane Watson (93) and Cameron White (57). India started the run chase with a required run rate of 7 per over.

Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag put on 66 for the first wicket before India lost Sehwag (38), Gautam Gambhir (8), Yuvraj Singh (9) and M.S. Dhoni (6) in quick succession. But Sachin was solid at the other end as he started his innings with his trademark straight-driven four to show that he was in tremendous form on that day. He reached his 50 off 47 balls with 7 fours.

Soon after reaching his 50, Sachin pulled Shane Watson over mid-wicket for a six. In the next over, he twice jumped out of the crease to off-spinner Nathan Hauritz and deposited him over long-off. India reached 150 in the 22nd over out of Sachin’s contribution was 92.

Meanwhile, Dhoni departed at the other end and Suresh Raina got a life off the very first ball he faced. Amidst huge drama at the other end, Sachin reached his 45th ODI hundred which came off 81 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes.

Sachin and Suresh Raina added 137 runs in 19 overs as Sachin reached his 150 and Raina, his 50. India reached 299 for 4 in 42 overs with Sachin and Raina firmly set. India needed 52 in 48 balls with 6 wickets in hand. It was India’s match to lose from there.

India did exactly that as Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh perished to poor shots as India slumped to 300 for 6 which put additional pressure on Sachin. But with Ravindra Jadeja, Sachin added 32 runs and India needed 19 runs off 18 balls with Sachin at the wicket.

However, the 48th over bowled by Clint Mckay was the turning point of the match. With the first ball, McKay struck as Tendulkar’s paddle-scoop landed straight into the hands of the fine-leg fielder Haurtiz. Tendulkar’s great innings came to an end as he was dismissed for 175 off 141 balls.

In the same over Jadeja ran himself out and India ended up losing the match by a narrow margin of 3 runs. Another heartbreak for Sachin. This could have been the first time in an ODI that a batsman after scoring 175 while chasing ended up on the losing side. But Sachin once again proved that day that he was the one man army for Team India for close to two decades.