Sachin Tendulkar's 5 greatest bowling performances

3. 4/38 vs Australia (Wills International Cup, Dhaka, 1998)

Australia were mutilated not by India, but by Tendulkar in this game. First he scored a blazing 141 off just 128 balls (13×4, 3×6) and then took 4/38 with the ball- Steve Waugh, Michael Bevan and Damien Martyn being in the list of his victims. Australia were going good at one stage with over 170 being scored at around the 30-over mark, chasing India’s 307.

Sachin continued his good form while bowling as well. He first removed the Aussie skipper with a brilliant caught and bowled, and Bevan in the 39th over of the game, both of whom scored less than double digits. The dangerous Damien Martyn who had raced to 24 off just 17 was the next to fall off his bowling, at a time when Australia needed 61 off 37 and could have snatched a win with his help.

Tendulkar was too much for the Aussies, who ran in with his off-spinners and leg-spinners to trouble them. He was awarded Man of the Match in this game that he ended by taking the wicket of Brad Young in the penultimate over of the game.