Tendulkar responsible for Indian cricket team's win in South Africa

Sachin Tendulkar was responsible for the Indian cricket team's win in South Africa. This sounds stupid,doesn't it-Sachin Tendulkar had scores of 44 and 15? But,we at GameCricket.com, study the cricket game through complex statistical analysis and are convinced that Sachin Tendulkar was the key factor in India's win.

The most important factor in the first test of the India Vs South Africa cricket test series was the taming of the new ball. In every match that India has played in South Africa so far- the new ball has been a key influence on the outcome of the cricket match- After about 20 overs- the South African pitches turn comparatively benign.

India lost the one day international cricket series to South Africa because inevitably, India would lose all their key batsmen in the first twenty overs and no one was left to salvage the innings during the remaining benign overs

South Africa messed up their first innings of the first test against India by getting all out within 25 overs- In the second innings, the South African cricket team played out the first 25 overs and hey, the Indian bowling started to look like easy pickings.

Coming back to our contrarian findings on the first India Vs South Africa test match - India owe their successes to Sachin Tendulkar- Sachin played out a lot of overs bowled with the new ball and made things easier for the remaining batsmen like Ganguly. In short, Sachin batted when the South African lions were bowling and the remaining batsmen played well when the South African bowlers seemed to tame domesticated cats