Editing Sachin Tendulkar (section)

==== 2001–02: Mike Denness incident, Kolkata Test, and breaking Bradman's record ====
During India's 2001 tour of South Africa, in the second Test match, referee [[Mike Denness and Indian cricket team incident|Mike Denness fined four Indian players]] for excessive appealing, and fined the Indian captain [[Sourav Ganguly]] for not controlling his team.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 November 2001 |title=ICC Match Referee confirms disciplinary action for Indian cricketers |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-match-referee-confirms-disciplinary-action-for-indian-cricketers-108120 |access-date=1 June 2008}}</ref> Denness suspended Tendulkar from one match for alleged [[ball tampering]]. Television cameras captured images that suggested Tendulkar may have been involved in cleaning the seam of the cricket ball.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 November 2001 |title=Tendulkar appears before match referee |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/tendulkar-appears-before-match-referee-108088 |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625025110/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/108088.html |archive-date=25 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=19 November 2001 |title=Tendulkar handed suspended ban |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/tendulkar-handed-suspended-ban-108107 |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126165955/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/108107.html |archive-date=26 November 2010}}</ref> The incident escalated to include sports journalists accusing Denness of racism,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/india_in_south_africa/1668275.stm |title=Indian media fury over Tendulkar |work=BBC News |access-date=1 June 2008 |date=21 November 2001 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219190102/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/india_in_south_africa/1668275.stm |archive-date=19 December 2008 }}</ref> and led to Denness being barred from entering the venue of the third Test match. The ICC revoked the status of the match as a Test as the teams rejected the appointed referee.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 November 2001 |title=ICC sets out latest position regarding South Africa v India |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-sets-out-latest-position-regarding-south-africa-v-india-108243 |url-status=live |access-date=31 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111165610/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/108243.html |archive-date=11 November 2012}}</ref> The charges against Tendulkar triggered a massive backlash from the Indian public.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/india_in_south_africa/1666063.stm |title=Indians cry foul |work=BBC News |access-date=1 June 2008 |date=20 November 2001 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214221523/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/india_in_south_africa/1666063.stm |archive-date=14 February 2008 }}</ref>

On the final day of the [[Second Test, 2000–01 Border–Gavaskar Trophy|Kolkata Test against Australia in 2001]], Tendulkar took three wickets, including the key wickets of [[Matthew Hayden]] and [[Adam Gilchrist]], who were centurions in the previous Test. His three wickets haul helped India win the match.<ref>{{cite web|title=2nd Test: India v Australia at Kolkata, Mar 11–15, 2001 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |work=Cricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63920.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204222853/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63920.html |archive-date=4 December 2013 }}</ref> In the five-match ODI series that followed, he took his 100th wicket in ODIs, claiming the wicket of then Australian captain [[Steve Waugh]] in the final match at the [[Fatorda Stadium]] in [[Goa]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Of Tendulkar and his Goa milestone |first=Niraj |last=Prabhu |newspaper=[[The Goan]] |page=28 |date=16 November 2013 |access-date=27 March 2013 |url=http://epaper.thegoan.net/185353/The-Goan-on-Saturday/November-16-2013#page/27/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121011326/http://epaper.thegoan.net/185353/The-Goan-on-Saturday/November-16-2013#page/27/2 |archive-date=21 November 2013 }}</ref>

In the 2002 series in the West Indies, Tendulkar started well, scoring 79 in the first Test. In the second Test at Port of Spain, Sachin Tendulkar scored 117 in the first innings, his 29th Test century in his 93rd Test match, to equal [[Donald Bradman]]'s record of 29 Test hundreds. He was gifted a Ferrari 360 Modena by Fiat through [[Michael Schumacher]] for achieving this feat.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 April 2002 |title=Tendulkar equals Sir Donald Bradman's record at Port of Spain |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/tendulkar-equals-sir-donald-bradman-s-record-at-port-of-spain-111261 |url-status=live |access-date=8 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113133421/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/111261.html |archive-date=13 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/specials/west_indies_v_india/1939723.stm |title=Sachin equals The Don |publisher=BBC |access-date=20 April 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021020093730/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/specials/west_indies_v_india/1939723.stm |archive-date=20 October 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.in.msn.com/gallery/twenty-of-tendulkar%E2%80%99s-best-test-hundreds?page=2 |title=Sachin equals Bradman's record – Twenty of Tendulkar's best Test hundreds |publisher=MSN |date=27 April 2012 |access-date=8 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021135317/http://sports.in.msn.com/gallery/twenty-of-tendulkar%E2%80%99s-best-test-hundreds?page=2 |archive-date=21 October 2013 }}</ref>

Then, in an unprecedented sequence, he scored just 0, 0, 8, and 0 in the next four innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1009335.html |title=Swinging 60 |work=Cricinfo |date=7 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508114819/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1009335.html |archive-date=8 May 2016 }}</ref> He returned to form in the last Test scoring 41 and 86, one half century. However, India lost the series.<ref>{{cite web|title=5th Test: West Indies v India at Kingston, May 18–22, 2002 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63988.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621133218/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63988.html |archive-date=21 June 2014 }}</ref> In this period, in the third Test match against England in August 2002, Tendulkar scored his 30th Test century to surpass Bradman's haul, in his 99th Test match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/sep/stats.htm |title=A special rediff section celebrating Sachin Tendulkar's 100th Test |work=Rediff.com |access-date=8 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101022236/http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/sep/stats.htm |archive-date=1 November 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|agency=Reuters |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=14082 |title=Sachin outdoes Bradman with 30th Test hundred – Express India |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=23 August 2002 |access-date=8 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021104958/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=14082 |archive-date=21 October 2013 }}</ref>