There was a time when India was similar to what Zimbabwe are now and in many matches Sachin saved India's pride by avoiding them from massive defeats.
Its a team game and everyone required to play their part. Had he played for a team like Australia then that team wudnt have lost a match at all.
When you have bowlers like Venkatesh Prasad, Robin Singh, Debasis Mohanty etc etc and inconsistent batsmen how u expect one man to score runs and help the team everytime when he was pitted against high quality opponents ??