Sachin -the bowler !

Everyone who talks about cricket has spoken about Sachin -the batsman. But on the other side, sachin has another art- bowling. Yes, Sachin at one point of time was called as partnership breaker. The most striking feature of his bowling is the amount of variations he can produce. From medium pace to leg spin, off cutters to skidders, he has them all to keep the batsman guessing. The best three bowling performances according to cricrepublic are:

3rd: 3 for 36 against West Indies at Chepauk in 1994:
Lara and Carl Hooper were looking omnious sharing a 112 run partnership. Tendulkar comes in and traps Lara lbw, a huge partnership broken. He picks up two more wickets and is instrumental in restricting West Indies to paltry 221.

2nd: 4 for 38 against Australia at Dhaka in 1998:
Australia chasing India’s 307 score 194 in 34.1 overs with six wickets remaining. 112 runs required of 101 balls. Sachin chips in with the wickets of Steve Waugh, Michael Beaven and Martyn to seal the fate of Australian chase in a span of 10 overs. Australia are bundled out for 263. Sachin is the Man of the Match for his 141 and 4 wickets.

1st: 5 for 32 against Australia at Kochi in 1998
107 required of 112 balls with 7 wickets remaining. Australia has India on mat. Then comes the master craftsman, picking up 5 wickets that of Steve Waugh, Michael Beaven, Darren Lehmann, Tom Moody and Damien Martyn. Australia from 203 for 3 get dismissed for 268. Sachin for his magical spell wins the Man of the Match award purely for his bowling. He could score only 8 in that match.