There waz SANDSTORM in SHARJHA in '98 and there waz TSUNAMI in SYDNEY Yesterday

The sandstorm in sharjha and tsunami in sydney are apt descriptions for sachin's hundreds in both the matches. The sydney cricket ground became sachin's cricket ground in the first final as sachin scripted a well deserved 1st hundred in australia.

I certainly remember that innings by Sachin Tendulkar, he single handedly won the series for India. But Sydney inngins can't be called Tsunami, because it was slow and calculated innings.

yes you are right. but there was a slight difference. actually the difference is quite big and also a very important one. that time if sachin didnt play the match then 99% times we use to end up loosing the match. but now our team is much out of that state. we have a lot more match winners in our team than we had in our team during those daya and also we now a days do not depend on single players. we are winning becasue of team performance. we are now a unit and not one man vs the whole team. and that is what has made the better indian team and that is also with the plus of all youth players in out team who are always looking for a chance to prove themselves. these types of palyers are very much needed and this is why we are now winning ice ly against the so called best team in the world.