Editing Sachin Tendulkar (section)

=== Captaincy of national team ===
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|+Tendulkar's record as captain
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!&nbsp;||Matches||Won||Lost||Drawn||Tied||No result|| Win %
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|Test<ref>{{cite news|title=List of Captains |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=1;id=6;type=team |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116015850/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=1%3Bid%3D6%3Btype%3Dteam |archive-date=16 November 2011 }}</ref> ||25||4||9||12||0||–||16%
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|ODI<ref>{{cite news|title=List of ODI Captains |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=2;id=6;type=team |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117075310/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=2%3Bid%3D6%3Btype%3Dteam |archive-date=17 November 2011 }}</ref> ||73||23||43||–||2||6||31.50%
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Tendulkar's two tenures as captain of the Indian cricket team were not very successful. Tendulkar became captain in 1996, but by 1997 the team was performing poorly. Discussing Tendulkar's first term as captain, [[Mohammad Azharuddin|Azharuddin]] was credited with saying, "He won't win! It's not in the small one's destiny!" ({{langx|hi|"Nahin jeetega! Chote ki naseeb main jeet nahin hai!"|italic=yes}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/feb/05arm.htm |title=A tale of two captains |publisher=Rediff |access-date=1 June 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430211632/http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/feb/05arm.htm |archive-date=30 April 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=McGregor |first=R.S. |year=1993 |title=Oxford Hindi–English Dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordhindiengli00mcgr_0 |url-access=registration |publisher=Oxford University Press, US |isbn=978-0-19-864317-3 |edition= 2004 }}</ref>

Tendulkar, succeeding Azharuddin as captain for his second term, led India on a tour of Australia, where the visitors were beaten 3–0 by the newly crowned world champions.{{When|date=March 2023}}<ref name="AustraliaSeries1999">{{cite news|title=Flat-track bullies bounced out again|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/138911/|author=Pradeep Magazine|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|location=Melbourne|date=20 December 1999|access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref> Tendulkar won the player of the series award,<ref name="AustraliaSeries1999" /> as well as player of the match in one of the games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63866.html |title=2nd Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 26–30, 1999 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 June 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119073926/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63866.html |archive-date=19 November 2010 }}</ref> After another Test series defeat, this time by a 0–2 margin at home against South Africa, Tendulkar resigned, and [[Sourav Ganguly]] took over as captain in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/146809/|title=South Africa completes sweep with an innings and 71 runs|first=Vedam|last=Jaishankar|date=6 March 2000|access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title='I've survived and will survive longer' |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/i-make-mistakes-no-captain-is-perfect-sourav-ganguly/1/218765.html |journal=India Today |first=Sharda |last=Ugra |date=9 December 2000 |access-date=18 December 2013 |quote=Ganguly took over in mid-2000 during a difficult period ... |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219031111/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/i-make-mistakes-no-captain-is-perfect-sourav-ganguly/1/218765.html |archive-date=19 December 2013 }}</ref>

==== South Africa match fixing ====
{{Further|Mohammad Azharuddin|South Africa cricket match fixing}} {{See also|Chandrachud Commission}}
In 2000, members of the South African national team attempted to [[match fixing|fix matches]] during their visit to India. After the incident, Tendulkar and three other senior cricketers worked to ensure that players "whose performance and conduct was dubious were never picked for the Indian squad again".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/opinion/krishna-kumar/story/sachin-tendulkar-match-fixing-centuries-bcci-indian-team-cbi-spot-fixing-scandal-163942-2013-05-22 |title=The feat Sachin never got praise for – Opinion News |publisher=Indiatoday.in |date=22 May 2013 |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

==== Role in 2007 captaincy change ====
During the Indian team's 2007 tour of England, the desire of [[Rahul Dravid]] to resign from the captaincy became known. Then [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) [[List of presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India|President]] [[Sharad Pawar]] offered the captaincy to Tendulkar, who instead recommended [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]. Pawar later revealed this conversation, crediting Tendulkar for suggesting Dhoni, who since achieved much success as captain.<ref name="SuggestedDhoni">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Tendulkar-suggested-Dhoni-s-name-Pawar/Article1-283717.aspx|title=Tendulkar suggested Dhoni's name: Pawar|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |location=India|date=21 March 2008|access-date=18 July 2010|agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912043435/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Chunk-HT-UI-Cricket-TopStories/Tendulkar-suggested-Dhoni-s-name-Pawar/Article1-283717.aspx |archive-date=12 September 2013}}</ref>