Sachin was terrific: Ponting by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	SR Tendulkar
Event:	Australia in India 2009/10

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DateLine: 6th November 2009

 

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said he was privileged to watch Sachin's innings and said this was probably one of the most outstanding ODI innings he has even seen.

 

Ponting was effusive in his praise for Sachin Tendulkar's brilliant 141-ball 175 which brought the hosts to the doorsteps of a heart-stopping victory in the fifth one-dayer here today.

 

"Sachin's innings was terrific. It was a great innings under pressure," Ponting said after his team snatched a narrow three-run victory and a 3-2 lead in the seven-match series.

 

Tendulkar also became the first cricketer in the game's history to complete 17,000 runs during the one-dayer.