On Wednesday, Tendulkar batted like Sachin again. With a sumptuous 76-ball century against West Indies that was aesthetic, intelligent, the maestro was rocking once again and in the mood for World Cup.
India’s Sachin Tendulkar admitted his man-of-the-series performance against West Indies came at just the right time with the World Cup looming.
His unbeaten 141 against the same side in Kuala Lumpur last September, Tendulkar wasn’t quite the same, he was painfully workmanlike, seemingly shackled by a crushing load of huge self-expectations.
Tendulkar waited 13 games to score his 41st one-day century, with just 248 runs in 10 games before this series.
“This was much needed,” said the 33-year-old after his unbeaten 100 in Vadodara secured a 3-1 series victory.
Tendulkar, who has a world record 14,728 one-day runs from 378 matches, has been sparked back into form by a move to the middle order.
India look likely to keep him in that position for another four-match series against Sri Lanka at home next month before heading to the Caribbean on 1 March.
