Sir Sachin Tendulkar 4

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Nagpur 2004: Manohar and gang who were against Dalmia wanted to derail India and got a green pitch prepared. Ganguly (had a back problem so skipped the match) or (saw the grass and opted out due to fear - Chappell brothers' version). adhAvadhu adhukku munnAdi avar grassy pitchla veLayAndadhE illaiyAm. adhai pArthavuNE quarter adichuttu kavundhuttArAm.

But that is ok - we got favourable pitches in South Africa in the 2006 tour(we registered our first win there) and even Australia in 2004 and 2008 had neutered pitches which helped us.

That can happen to a home team. But the Chennai test loss was a total robbery by destiny. That is what made the series loss unpalatable.