Sachin Tendulkar does it again – knocks 175 but India loses match

Sachin Tendulkar does it again scoring a beautiful 175 off 141 balls, but chasing 351, (scored by Australia) India fell short by just three runs in the fifth One-day International on Thursday.

With a win at Hyderabad Australia seized a 3-2 lead in the seven-game series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. It was a game India should have pulled off but they failed to hold their nerve yet again following Tendulkar’s dismissal.

With a knock of 175 Sachin Ramesh tendulkar has completed what no other ODI player has done so far – 17000 runs. Here are some statistics of his career:

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	159	434	261	519
Runs scored	12,773	17,168	21,662	20,473
Batting average	54.58	44.26	58.70	45.19
100s/50s	42/53	45/91	69/99	55/109
Top score	248*	186*	248*	186*
Balls bowled	3,934	8,015	7,299	10,191
Wickets	44	154	69	201
Bowling average	51.63	44.19	60.34	41.96
5 wickets ininnings	0	2	0	2
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/10	5/32	3/10	5/32
Catches/stumpings	102/–	131/–	170/–	166/–