Editing Sachin Tendulkar (section)

==== 1999: Asian Test Championship, Test matches, and the World Cup ====
The inaugural [[Asian Test Championship]] took place in [[1998–99 Asian Test Championship|February and March 1999]], involving India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 December 1998 |title=Asian Test Championship from Feb&nbsp;14 to March&nbsp;17 (24&nbsp;December 1998) |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/asian-test-championship-from-feb-14-to-march-17-24-december-1998-74734 |url-status=live |access-date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111165424/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/74734.html |archive-date=11 November 2012}}</ref> Around 100,000 attended the first four days of the tournament, breaking a 63-year-old record for aggregate Test attendance record.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sachin Tendulkar collides with Shoaib Akhtar |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1999-india-v-pakistan-the-run-out-that-sparked-a-riot-483619 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022194822/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/483619.html |archive-date=22 October 2014 |access-date=18 December 2013 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref> In the first match, between India and Pakistan at [[Eden Gardens]], Tendulkar was dismissed from the match after colliding with Pakistan bowler [[Shoaib Akhtar]]. The crowd reacted by throwing objects at Akhtar, and the players were taken off the field. The match resumed after Tendulkar and the [[List of International Cricket Council presidents|president of the ICC]] appealed to the crowd; however, further rioting meant that the match was finished in front of a crowd of 200&nbsp;people.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 January 2011 |title=Riot police, fires and a sobbing Vinod Kambli |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/controversies-in-kolkata-riot-police-fires-and-a-sobbing-vinod-kambli-498547 |url-status=live |access-date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131142814/http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/498547.html |archive-date=31 January 2011}}</ref> Tendulkar scored his 19th Test century in the second Test and the match resulted in a draw with Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sri Lanka v India 1998–99 |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153758.html |url-status=live |access-date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208042919/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153758.html |archive-date=8 February 2011}}</ref> India did not progress to the final, which was won by Pakistan, and refused to participate in the [[2001–02 Asian Test Championship]] due to increasing political tensions [[India–Pakistan relations|between India and Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Williamson |first=Martin |date=20 October 2010 |title=The run-out that sparked a riot |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1999-india-v-pakistan-the-run-out-that-sparked-a-riot-483619 |url-status=live |access-date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022194822/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/483619.html |archive-date=22 October 2014 |quote=the second Championship ... was rendered fairly meaningless by the withdrawal of India because of another escalation of political tensions with Pakistan.}}</ref>

In a Test match against Pakistan at [[Chepauk Stadium|Chepauk]] in 1999, the first of a two-Test series, Tendulkar scored 136 runs; India lost the match by 12 runs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/76182/|title=India succumb on home stretch despite Tendulkar's heroics|first=Partab|last=Ramchand|date=1 February 1999|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref>

Tendulkar's father, Ramesh Tendulkar, died during the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]]. Tendulkar flew back to India to attend the final rituals of his father, missing the match against [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/98885/|title=Sachin loses father, team loses its wits|agency=Agencies/ENS|date=19 May 1999|location=Leicester/Mumbai|access-date=20 March 2014}}</ref> He returned to the World Cup, scoring a century (140 not out of 101 balls) in his very next match against [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]] in Bristol. He dedicated the century to his father.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sachin's Ton in Father's Memory |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/990524/front_pa.htm#head3 |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |first=Lokendra Pratap |last=Sahi |date=23 May 1999 |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330150634/http://www.telegraphindia.com/990524/front_pa.htm |archive-date=30 March 2014 }}</ref>