What is the deal with Sachin Tendulkar and the 90s? I mean, he seems to play really well till he gets to the 90s, and then boom -almost with clock like predictability- gets out. 99 the other day, 97 yesterday. I mean, what’s going on?

Most people seem to believe that there is a curse on him (like the curse of the Mummy), but I didn’t believe that. And so, to find the truth, I applied my super-hero reasoning skills to this puzzle, and came up with these possible explanations:

1. He’s trying to impress the chicks.
In politics, this would be called getting the ‘sympathy vote’. I’ll bet he goes home after every match and says to his wife:

Sachin: “Ooo….booohooo…I didn’t get my century again today. Nobody loves me. :( :( “
His Wife: “There, there. Don’t be upset…“
Sachin: “Can you make me some Aloo Paratha today so that it improves my mood? I’d really like some Chutney with that too…You know, to make the grief go away.“
His Wife: “Well…….OK……“
Sachin: “And also, can we not go to that wedding tonight? I think it’ll really help the healing process.“

This is just speculation, I have not used these tactics myself. Really.

2. There is a cosmic version of the Y2K problem
Do you remember the Y2K “bug” that was supposed to send us back to the stone age? Supposedly, when the year 2000 came, computers would see only the last 2 digits of the year, “00″, and think we’re back in 1900, and all hell would break loose. I think there is a similar problem here.

Sachin has 41 hundreds in ODIs. If he actually gets another hundred, then he’ll have 42 hundreds, and the Universe will go into overflow and his number of hundreds will automatically reset to 0. Don’t believe me? Just ask Google what is the “Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything“. Co-incidence? I think NOT!

3. He’s using reverse Psychology
Sachin is using Reverse Psychology on his opponents. He’ll get out at 90 everytime, and so the opposition teams will get slack, and bowl easily in the beginning, thinking “We’ll get him when he’s in the 90s anyway“. Sachin gets 90 runs free, gets out, and the cycle repeats. Brilliant!

And then, when Sachin retires, he’ll say “90 is the new Hundred!“, and then he’ll have the most 90s and hold the world record.

Do you have any other theories about why Sachin is getting out in the 90s?

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