SR Tendulkar’s feat in the Champions Trophy

SR Tendulkar’s feat in the Champions Trophy

SR Tendulkar is the only cricketer in the Champions Trophy to score a hundred and  capture four wickets in the same match. Against Australia at Dhaka on 28.10.98, he scored 141 and took 4 for 38 in 9.1 overs. This game was the third Quarter final of the first ever Champions Trophy, then labeled as Wills International Cup

He scored 141 in 128 deliveries and occupied the crease for 191 minutes. His essay contained 13 boundary fours and three boundary sixes at a strike rate of 110.15. He was dismissed run out in this game.

With the leather, he captured  the wickets of Australian skipper SR Waugh, MG Bevan, DR Martyin and BE Young. He returned with the figures of 9.1-0-38-4 in this game. His victims are detailed in the  following table

No   Batsmen How out Bowler M   4 6
1 * SR Waugh                            c Tendulkar       b Tendulkar            07  24  13  0 0
2   MG Bevan                                           b Tendulkar            08  20  14  0 0
3   DR Martyn            c Jadeja           b Tendulkar            24  25  17  3 0
4   BE Young              c Dravid           b Tendulkar           18  44  24  1 0

SR Tendulkar holds the  distinction of capturing the first four wicket haul  in the Champions Trophy with his 4 for 38 against Australia at Dhaka on 28.10.98.

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