This is the third longest period for Tendulkar without a century in terms of innings. Sachin's maiden 100 had come in his 76th innings.
Since then he has been unable to score a century despite playing more than a dozen innings only on four occasions. Interestingly on all the previous occasions India went on to win the match.
The following table lists the longest lean patches for Tendulkar:
| Inns | Centuries | Period | Century details | Result |
| 75 | 0-1 | from 18-12-1989 to 05-09-1994 | 110 v Australia at Colombo RPS on 09-09-1994 | India-31 runs |
| 29 | 12-13 | from 17-05-1997 to 05-04-1998 | 100 v Australia at Kanpur on 07-04-1998 | India - 6 wkts |
| 15 | 37-38 | from 19-03-2004 to 09-04-2005 | 123 v Pakistan at Ahmedabad on 12-04-2005 | Pakistan - 3 wkts |
| 14 | 24-25 | from 11-11-1999 to 15-03-2000 | 122 v South Africa at Baroda on 17-03-2000 | India - 4 wkts |
| 13 | 9-10 | from 01-09-1996 to 06-11-1996 | 114 v South Africa at Mumbai WS on 14-12-1996 | India-74 runs |