Tendulkar's lean patches

Sachin's century in the fourth One-Day International at Ahmedabad came after a gap of more than one year and after playing 15 innings since he last reached the three-figure mark (also v Pakistan at Rawalpindi in March 2004).

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