Editing Sachin Tendulkar (section)

==== 2005–06: Dry spell ====
On 10 December 2005 at [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], Tendulkar scored his record-breaking 35th Test century, against the [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lankans]]. After this, Tendulkar endured the longest{{update inline|date=March 2014}} spell of his career without a Test century: 17&nbsp;innings elapsed before he scored 101 against Bangladesh in May 2007.<ref name="Lynch2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/528767.html |title=Tendulkar's tribulations, and the nervous 290s |first=Steven |last=Lynch |work=Cricinfo |date=23 April 2011 |access-date=10 September 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925152950/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/528767.html |archive-date=25 September 2011 }}</ref> Tendulkar scored his 39th ODI hundred on 6 February 2006 in a match against Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web |last=Premachandran |first=Dileep |date=6 February 2006 |title=Tendulkar the Strong |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/tendulkar-the-strong-235955 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621133214/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/235955.html |archive-date=21 June 2014 |access-date=29 March 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo |location=Peshawar}}</ref> He followed with a 42 in the second One-Day International against Pakistan on 11 February 2006,<ref>{{cite web |last=Premachandran |first=Dileep |date=11 February 2006 |title=Yuvraj and Sehwag ease India to victory |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-pakistan-2005-06-208839/pakistan-vs-india-2nd-odi-236520/match-report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113125537/http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakvind/content/story/236567.html |archive-date=13 January 2014 |access-date=29 March 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo |quote=The run-rate climbed ... when Tendulkar, who had eased to a run-a-ball 42, ... |location=Rawalpindi}}</ref> and then a 95 in hostile, seaming conditions on 13 February 2006 in Lahore, which set up an Indian victory.<ref>{{cite web |author=ESPNcricinfo staff |date=13 February 2006 |title='Special' Tendulkar a treat to watch, says Dravid |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/special-tendulkar-a-treat-to-watch-says-dravid-236960 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621133232/http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakvind/content/story/236960.html |archive-date=21 June 2014 |access-date=29 March 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> On 19 March 2006, after being dismissed for only one run against [[English cricket team|England]] in the first innings of the third Test in his home ground, [[Wankhede Stadium|Wankhede]], Tendulkar was booed off the ground by a section of the crowd.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4834730.stm |title=Is Sachin mortal? |work=BBC News |access-date=10 September 2011 |date=23 March 2006 |first=Nick |last=Byrant |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228061728/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4834730.stm |archive-date=28 February 2010 }}</ref> Tendulkar ended the three-Test series without a half-century to his credit, and the need for a shoulder operation raised more questions about his longevity.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Tendulkar's comeback came in the DLF cup in [[Malaysia]] and he was the only Indian batsman to shine. In his comeback match, against West Indies on 14 September 2006, Tendulkar responded to his critics who believed that his career was inexorably sliding with his 40th ODI century.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sensational Sachin returns|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2006/09/200849141945669414.html|access-date=15 September 2020|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref> Though he scored 141 not out, West Indies won the rain-affected match by the [[Duckworth-Lewis method|D/L method]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2nd Match: India v West Indies at Kuala Lumpur, Sep 14, 2006 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvseng/engine/match/256607.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104051511/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvseng/engine/match/256607.html |archive-date=4 November 2013 }}</ref>