Eight iconic images that defined cricket in India

#3 Sachin Tendulkar dancing down the track to Shane Warne in Sharjah in 1998

Sachin smashes Warne out of the park

The decade of the 90s belonged to Sachin Tendulkar. His success and failure were synonymous with India’s victories and defeats. The year 1998 and more specifically, the Coca-Cola Cup played in Sharjah was a jewel in Tendulkar’s crown. During this year, Tendulkar scored 1894 runs in 34 ODIs on the back of nine centuries.

Coming back to the Coca-Cola Cup, the tournament was one of the many triangular series played in the 1990s. The Indians, who were competing against Australia and New Zealand, were struggling to even qualify for the finals.

It needed a Tendulkar special to get India into the finals and then to the trophy. The ‘little master’ smashed two consecutive centuries against Australia and was particularly harsh on leg-spinner Shane Warne. The image of him dancing down the track to smash Warne and commentator Tony Greig’s lines – “They are dancing in aisles in Sharjah” gives every Indian fan goosebumps even now.