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Belfast, Jun 30: Missing out on yet another century for the second successive time would rankle any player but Sachin Tendulkar said he would not complaint as long as the team was winning.

Tendulkar had fallen one run shy of a century in the first one-dayer on Tuesday and today, he was out for 93, dragging a Thandi Tshabalala delivery onto his stumps.

"It's not that I got out in the 90s deliberately. Wish I could do that in every match," he said in lighter vein. "But as long as the team is winning, everything else is secondary," he added.

During the course of the match, Tendulkar, who was adjudged Man of the Match, also became the first ever cricketer to accumulate 15,000 ODI runs. Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly laid the foundation for a win with an opening stand of 134 and the Mumbaikar was all praise for his left-handed partner.

"He is a fabulous player and I've seen him play since junior days. I enjoy playing with him. He plays wonderful shots and it's a treat to watch him," he said.

Tendulkar said the pitch had enough bounce to offer, which prompted him to charge the South African attack.

"We saw the bounce in the pitch and our best chance was to counter-attack. We played our shots even though we were beaten a number of times. But in the end, what matters is what is on the scoreboard."

Told that his fans expect him to set the park on fire every time he walks out to bat, Tendulkar said, "I try to play according to the situation. You can't play the same way in every match. You have to take the pitch and conditions into consideration."