Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has achieved many records in his life and hasn’t left any reason why he shouldn’t be called the ‘god of cricket’. From having a record of 100 international tons to scoring the most runs in international cricket across all formats, there isn’t any feat that the ‘master blaster’ hasn’t achieved. Apart from being one of the most elegant batters, one more thing more that Sachin Tendulkar taught was determination, and one such example for the same is his 241-run knock in Sydney during the 2004-05 tour of Australia. Sachin was going through a very lean phase in the series and was almost on the brink of being excluded from playing XI.
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Cover drive has always been the key strength for Sachin Tendulkar throughout his international career but it proved to be his weakness. In the first three matches of the four-match series during the 2003-04 tour of Australia, Sachin was dismissed while playing a cover drive by the Australian bowlers. However, the latter showcased a brilliant determination during the fourth Test which was being played in Sydney when he smashed a score of 241* runs which helped the Indian team achieve a score of 705/7 in the first innings and take a whopping lead in the match.
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Australian pitches have never been easy to bat for the batters and are a heaven for the fast bowlers. Australia have produced many legendary bowlers in the past two decades which includes the likes of Jason Gillespie, Shaun Tait, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn McGrath, Mitchell Starc and now Pat Cummins. While the Indian team gears up for a new challenge in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 series against Australia, there are speculations that Tendulkar might join the side as a batting consultant and give the ‘mantra’ of determination to the Indian batters.
India have achieved brilliant victories against Australia in the past few four Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 series and they will have the biggest challenge to retain the title once again. Australia have been on top in all the formats in the present time and they become even more deadly when they play at home. Australian bowlers such as Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon will prove to be very difficult to face for the Indian batters if they perform to their full potential. However, the Indian side which will be led by Jasprit Bumrah in the first Test gave a brilliant statement in the past tour of Australia and they will look forward on repeating the same performance.
