Sachin 99

Sachin played a fabulous knock today in the 2nd ODI match against Pakistan. He ripped apart the Pakistan bowlers. But the sad part is he got out on 99 yet again :(

Since June '07, Sachin has got out thrice at 99. They are:

1. Today (8th November 2007) : Against Pakistan
2. 24th August 2007 : Against England
3. 26th June 2007 : Against South Africa

As long as Sachin was in the middle I guess the Pakistan players and their coach wouldn't have blinked for a second :) The rate at which Sachin was scoring I was thinking that India could easily reach 350 run in 50 overs. But a collapse in the middle order (Is this new for Indian cricket team?) and then a good knock by Harbajan helped India reach a good score of 321.

321 is a pretty healthy score and it should have been defended by the Indians easily. But our Indian bowlers lacked fire in them. None of the bowlers bowled a decent line which costed India the match :(