<div class="img-caption-wrap img-caption-wrap-left "> <img src="https://st3.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/cricket/826902b703433c726268aacdf5daaf4b.jpeg" title="Sachin Tendulkar goes 'from 5th gear to 1st' approaching an interval or ton: Ian Chappell" alt="Sachin Tendulkar goes 'from 5th gear to 1st' approaching an interval or ton: Ian Chappell" /><p class="imgcaption"> Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed on 80 during India's second innings against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday Getty Images</p> </div><p> </p><p></p><p><strong>By CricketCountry Staff </strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong>Sydney: Jan 8, 2012</strong></p><p></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Former Australian cricketer Ian Chappell, said, Sachin Tendulkar tends to get bogged down by pressure as he approaches his ton.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Tendulkar was dismissed on 80 during India s second innings against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>The dismissal triggered a collapse of wickets to deliver Australia a crushing innings and 68-run victory inside four days in the 100th Sydney Test, after they won the four-match series' opening Test in Melbourne by 122 runs.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>The 38-year-old scored his 99th at the World Cup in March and after a lean summer in England he has been getting closer and closer.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>"Tendulkar tends to go "from fifth gear to first" as he approaches an interval in play or a century," Chappell was quoted saying in the <em>Independent</em>.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Even commentator Mark Nicholas had a go at the master-blaster.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>"He reminds me of a golfer who gets older and forgets how to putt. It's like a fear of failure."</p>
