Lastly this gem from Tendulkar against Pakistan in 1999 in Chennai. Chasing a target of 271 to win in the 4th innings, India were in the doldrums against one of the best bowling attacks of recent times comprising of Akram, Younis and Saqlain Mushtaq. Only one top order batsman got into double figure scores - Dravid who got 10. The rest of the scorecard read like a phone book - Ramesh - 5, Laxman - 0, Dravid - 10, Azhar - 7, Ganguly - 2. Tendulkar kept battling however, the ever lone ranger in the 90s for India, and scored a remarkable 136, with Mongia blocking up one end to a fighting 52. Even after Mongia fell, Tendulkar batted with the tail to bring the score to 254, needing just 17 runs for the win and that is when he finally got out. Still Tendulkar had brought India to the brink of a win that seemed impossible just a few hrs ago. India's score when he got out was 254/7. Sure the tail would complete the victory ... sadly it wasn;t to be as the tail could add only 5 more runs and India lost the match by 12 runs. Still it was an epic innings.