When one mistake and the captaincy was snatched from Sachin and given to Ganguly, Team India was in a dilemma.

Cricket News Desk. Sachin Tendulkar is called God of Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has scored 18,426 runs in ODIs and 15,921 runs in Tests during his career. Sachin Tendulkar has 100 international centuries to his name including all formats of international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar was very successful as a batsman, but there came a time in his career when he removed himself from the captaincy. Sachin Tendulkar decided to step down from the captaincy and the Indian team management was faced with the challenge of preparing a new captain.

Sachin removed himself from captaincy

Sachin Tendulkar captained the Indian team from 1996 to 2000. In 1999, under the leadership of Sachin Tendulkar, India lost 0-3 in the Test series played in Australia. After this, India's performance was very poor in the ODI tri-series played between Australia, India and Pakistan. After the Australian tour, India lost the Test series 0–2 to South Africa in 2000 on home soil. After this disappointing performance, Sachin said goodbye to the captaincy of Team India.

The biggest pain of Sachin's career

Chandu Borde was the chief selector of Team India at that difficult time when Sachin Tendulkar had decided to step down from the captaincy. Sachin Tendulkar himself had asked to remove him from the captaincy. Chandu Borde said that Sachin Tendulkar is not interested in captaining Team India and wants to focus on his batting. Chandu Borde was the chief selector of Team India from 1984 to 1986 and from 1999 to 2002. Sachin Tendulkar captained the Indian team from 1996 to 2000.

Ganguly became the new captain

Chandu Borde said, 'Sachin himself came and said that he should be removed from the captaincy. We made him captain and sent him to Australia. When Sachin returned, he did not want to become the captain. Chandu Borde said, 'I wanted to keep Sachin as captain, we were thinking about the future, but after Sachin's repeated refusal, the selection committee appointed Ganguly as the new captain.'

Sachin left the captaincy in the year 2000

Sachin Tendulkar led India in 98 international matches, out of which Team India won 27 matches and lost 52 matches. Under the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar, India won 23 out of 73 ODI matches. Whereas in Test matches, Team India won only 4 out of 25 matches under the captaincy of Sachin. After disappointing performance in the year 2000, Sachin said goodbye to the captaincy of Team India. After this the selection committee appointed Ganguly as the new captain. Sourav Ganguly led India in 49 Tests and 147 ODIs.