When was sachin tendulkar captain

However, the Indian team could never taste considerable success under his captaincy. He became the captain for the first time in August but had to step down in December He was given the responsibility again in August , but poor performances of the side saw him give up the responsibility pretty soon.

In Test matches, India won only 4 out of the 25 matches and had to taste defeat in 9 matches. And the world, for its part, was hailing a superstar. In the interim period, there has been no occasion to change that assessment.

At age 23, Sachin Tendulkar has already compiled 2, runs in 41 Tests 60 innings at an average of HIs ten Test centuries mean that he has hit a ton in every fourth Test. The ultimate accoldae came earlier this year, when no less than Sri Donald George Bradman in a rare television interview said that of all contemporary batsmen, Tendulkar alone approached his own style of batting. But his real test begins now. Pawar served as the BCCI president for a period of three years from to At that time, Rahul Dravid was the captain.

I was there in England then and Dravid came to meet me. He told me how he no longer wanted to lead India. He told me that he should be relieved from the captaincy. Under him, India only managed to win four Tests while they lost nine games - 12 matches ended in a draw. Tendulkar had a long stint as the ODI captain but India only managed to win 23 out of 73 matches under him. Tendulkar had an opportunity to take over captaincy once again but he recommended MS Dhoni for the job, who led Team India for the next nine years.

He could not lead MI to a title victory but finished his captaincy career with 32 wins from 55 matches. Visit www. Follow us on :. TN Sports Desk.