Sachin Tendulkar's 5 greatest bowling performances

2. 5/50 vs Pakistan (Pakistan in India, Kochi, 2005)

Sachin scored only 4 runs with the bat in this game, and to make up for it, took a fiver when he was given the ball. This was his second 5-wicket haul in ODIs, the previous one having come on the same ground 7 years ago against Australia.

India put 281 on the board (Sehwag and Dravid got centuries) and Pakistan did not get the greatest of starts chasing, having lost 4 for just 64. Inzamam and Hafeez tried to steady things and built a 48 run-stand, which was broken by the Master Blaster’s bowling when he struck Inzy’s stumps. The next three wickets that fell were those of Razzaq, Afridi and Sami who went without contributing much. Tendulkar was probably in his best bowling form, as he used the angle round the wicket to his advantage. Hafeez, the top scorer, was removed soon after, Nehra taking a simple catch to complete Sachin’s five-wicket haul.

The last pair did try and stick around but the inevitable happened when Zaheer Khan removed Naved-ul-Hasan’s stumps to give India an 87-run win.