Editing Sachin Tendulkar (section)

==== Domestic return ====
After being bowled out in three similar instances against New Zealand and hitting a slump in form, Tendulkar returned to the Ranji Trophy to get back some form ahead of the England Series at home,{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} in a match for Mumbai against Railways on 2 November 2012. This was his first Ranji Trophy match since 2009. He scored 137 off 136 balls, with 21 fours and 3 sixes, to take his team to 344 for 4 at stumps on day one.<ref name="cricketnext">{{cite web |url=http://cricketnext.in.com/live/news/ranji-trophy-sehwag-gambhir-fail-sachin-umesh-shine/68838-13.html |title=Ranji Trophy: Sachin roars back to form; Sehwag, Gambhir miss out |publisher=Cricketnext.com |author=Cricketnext Staff |date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105043140/http://cricketnext.in.com/live/news/ranji-trophy-sehwag-gambhir-fail-sachin-umesh-shine/68838-13.html |archive-date=5 November 2012 |access-date=2 November 2012 }}</ref>

However, because of a poor form in the first two Tests in the series against England, and India being humiliated in the second match of that series by 10 wickets on 26 November 2012,<ref>{{cite web |author=David Hopps |date=26 November 2012 |title=England spinners humiliate India |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-india-2012-13-565792/india-vs-england-2nd-test-565807/match-report-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129113250/http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2012/content/story/593212.html |archive-date=29 November 2012 |access-date=30 November 2012 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> some people have started to question his place in the Indian team. A report by ''[[The Hindustan Times]]'' said that Tendulkar had a discussion with the national chief selector [[Sandeep Patil]], in which he said that he would leave it to the selectors to decide on his future as he is not getting any runs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Chunk-HT-UI-IndiaVSEngland2012-TopStories/My-future-is-your-call-Sachin-Tendulkar-tells-selectors/Article1-965244.aspx |title=I'm not getting runs, now it's your call: Sachin to selectors |author=Sanjjeev K Samyal |author2=Firoz Mirza |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=27 November 2012 |access-date=30 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130022147/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Chunk-HT-UI-IndiaVSEngland2012-TopStories/My-future-is-your-call-Sachin-Tendulkar-tells-selectors/Article1-965244.aspx |archive-date=30 November 2012 }}</ref> This speculation, however, was later considered to be false.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-29/top-stories/35434269_1_sachin-tendulkar-tendulkar-residence-mumbai |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126085350/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-29/top-stories/35434269_1_sachin-tendulkar-tendulkar-residence-mumbai |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Sachin Tendulkar's mind is only on cricket |author=Vinay Nayudu |agency=[[Times News Network]] |date=28 December 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/speculation-over-tendulkars-retirement-downplayed-140618041.html |title=Speculation over Tendulkar's retirement downplayed |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service]] |date=28 November 2012 |access-date=30 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202182831/http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/speculation-over-tendulkars-retirement-downplayed-140618041.html |archive-date=2 December 2012 }}</ref>

Then he decided to play in the knockout stage of the [[2012–13 Ranji Trophy]]. He scored 108 in the quarter-final against [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] before being bowled by [[Murtuja Vahora]], where Tendulkar was involved in a 234-run partnership with opener [[Wasim Jaffer]] (150) for the 3rd wicket at [[Wankhede Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/tendulkar--jaffer-hit-hundreds-in-ranji-quarterfinal-151804189.html |title=Tendulkar, Jaffer hit hundreds in Ranji quarterfinal |publisher=[[Yahoo! Cricket]] |date=6 January 2013 |access-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109012309/http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/tendulkar--jaffer-hit-hundreds-in-ranji-quarterfinal-151804189.html |archive-date=9 January 2013 }}</ref> [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] eventually piled on 645/9 and won on 1st innings lead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2012/engine/current/match/574132.html |title=3rd Quarter-final: Mumbai v Baroda at Mumbai, Jan 6–10, 2013 {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 February 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108232517/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2012/engine/current/match/574132.html |archive-date=8 January 2013 }}</ref> In the semi-final against [[Services cricket team|Services]] at Palam A Ground, with [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] reeling at 23/3, Tendulkar scored 56 from 75 balls and had an 81-run 4th wicket partnership with [[Abhishek Nayar]] (70),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/spunky-services-stretch-mumbai-124625480.html |title=Spunky Services stretch Mumbai |publisher=[[Yahoo! Cricket]] |first=Kunal |last=Diwan |date=16 January 2013 |access-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119013723/http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/spunky-services-stretch-mumbai-124625480.html |archive-date=19 January 2013 }}</ref> and Mumbai eventually won on 1st innings lead after the match went into the sixth day due to rain delays.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ugra |first=Sharda |date=21 January 2013 |title=Mumbai demolish Services to enter 44th Ranji final |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-2012-13-574010/services-vs-mumbai-2nd-semi-final-574135/match-report-6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123232814/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2012/content/story/601604.html |archive-date=23 January 2013 |access-date=14 February 2012 |work=ESPNcricinfo |location=Delhi}}</ref> In the final against [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]], he was run out for 22 following a misunderstanding with [[Wasim Jaffer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/unfortunate-that-sachin-got-run-out--jaffer-132739148.html |title=Unfortunate that Sachin got run out: Jaffer |first=Skandan |last=Sampath |publisher=[[Yahoo! Cricket]] |date=27 January 2013 |access-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130010612/http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/unfortunate-that-sachin-got-run-out--jaffer-132739148.html |archive-date=30 January 2013 }}</ref> Mumbai eventually won the Ranji Trophy 2012–13.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ravindran |first=Siddarth |date=28 January 2013 |title=Mumbai boss their way to No. 40 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-2012-13-574010/mumbai-vs-saurashtra-final-574136/match-report-3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129230044/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2012/content/story/602488.html |archive-date=29 January 2013 |access-date=14 February 2012 |work=ESPNcricinfo |location=Mumbai}}</ref>

He also played in the [[Irani Trophy]] for Mumbai, where he scored 140* against Rest of India and helped [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] to score 409 in reply to Rest of India's 526. This was also his 81st hundred in first-class cricket, equalling [[Sunil Gavaskar]]'s Indian record for most first-class hundreds.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/203221-sachin-tendulkar-equals-sunil-gavaskars-first-class-record |title=Sachin Tendulkar equals Sunil Gavaskar's first-class record |work=[[NDTV]] |first=K Shriniwas |last=Rao |date=8 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904061939/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/203221-sachin-tendulkar-equals-sunil-gavaskars-first-class-record |archive-date=4 September 2015 |access-date=30 October 2013 }}</ref>