Sachin Tendulkar capped his recent batting failures with gifting his wicket to Pakistan when his team was struggling to save the second cricket Test match in Faisalabad on Monday.

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The seniormost international cricketer with 128 Test matches, walked back to the pavilion in India's first innings after a Shoaib Akhtar delivery brushed his right glove and was caught by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal. The glove was not in contact with his bat, which meant he was not out.

In his last six Test innings he has failed five times, the only exception being 109 against Sri Lanka in New Delhi which enabled him to reach his cherished record of 35 Test hundreds.

Tendulkar's generosity followed a crucial error from his skipper Rahul Dravid, who may have averted his run-out if he had grounded his bat after a gritty 103. He has now been run out eight times in Tests.