Sachin Tendulker has been declared man of the match in the semi final of ICC world cup 2011. He scored 84 runs. Before the match Pakistani captain stated that he will not allow Tendulker to score century. On his statement India media was very hot and were even going to insult Shahid Afridi. But during the match Pakistani team provided every chance of scoring century to Sachin, but he did not succeed. Sachin played the ball 4 times in the air, but Pakistani fielders refused to catch him. And finally on the 5th occasion Pakistani skipper Shahid Khan Afridi caught him, but after availing 4 easy chances he just succeeded to score 84 runs.
Although for his 84 runs he was awarded the award of man of the match, but in fact this inning from Sachine Tendulker was not like him. When ever any one will watch the recording of this match in futue and will see Tendulker scoring only 84 runs after 4 dropped catches, he will question the ability of Sachin.
So, he had a bad day, but was very lucky. There were many good efforts from him that didn't result in victories or MoM awards. Dark spot? No! He didn't cheat, he didn't complain, he got lucky breaks in *one game*.
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