Anyone who thinks that Sachin was selfish should see how dependent the Indian team was on him. Out of 151 he had scored 100 alone. This was the sheer dominance of Tendulkar.
Kids wondering why Sachin was going berserk with Lofted Shots.? Watched this game live back in the day.. India were hardly winning anything on that tour. For reaching the finals India needed to win with quite a few overs to spare, hence Sachin was playing like that. Another example of how meek Indian batting was on away tours. Barring Sachin and may be Azhar no one could score run a ball. (Not even a raw Ganguly) No one performed for Sachin in his captaincy, yet he managed to score lone hundreds..
I still remember the match though then a local cable operator problem at that time to buy Star sports so we watched the match after half an hour of sachin's batting and it was a run rate factor match to reach the final to face South Africa
In this series up untill this match, sachin and others were struggling against Brendis and this match was a crucial encounter and they had to win in less overs to qualify for the finals against SA. Sachin being the captain was under tremendous pressure to make a score as others were struggling and as you can see in this match also he was the only one who played well apart from Robin Singh. Fools compare him to current players. He was really the only player in those days you could count on to win against the odds. No dravid. No Ganguly or Azar played such kinds of innings under such tremendous pressure. We always wanted him to perform no matter what and thats what makes him the ultimate legend.