Despite conceding a 71 first innings lead, Tendulkar struck 155 in India's second innings, as India won by 169 runs.

Despite not having a star-studded line-up, the Greek team won the championship, conceding no goals in the knockout stage.

Despite these hardships Palestine finished group play at the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup without conceding a goal after 2-0 wins over Nepal and Maldives along with a 0-0 draw against Turkmenistan.

Despite his ineffectiveness against South Africa, Kartik was retained in the ODI squad, but after conceding 64 runs from nine overs in the first ODI loss against Pakistan, he was replaced in early-2006 in the Test and ODI squad by 17-year-old legspinner Piyush Chawla and off-spinner Ramesh Powar respectively.

Despite Mancini being a striker during his playing career, Mancini places great emphasis on building from the back, stressing the importance of not conceding a goal means the team will always have an opportunity to win, going as far to say, " I like 1 – 0 wins.

Despite repeated attempts by Cynthia to assure him otherwise, he is firm before finally conceding " are you sure?

" Despite Holt later conceding to being a Ratt fan himself ( along with guitarist Lee Altus ), he still criticized the image-driven mentality of glam metal, and described Exodus and other thrash metal bands as being more " based on musicianship, chops, songwriting and performance ".

Despite a convincing 2-0 win over Fort Wayne Fever in their second fixture, the Internationals lost four and tied two of their next six ( including conceding a 90th minute goal in a 3-2 loss to the Michigan Bucks ) and were struggling to catch up with the league leaders half-way through the year.

Despite conceding two goals, he made some impressive saves and in doing so kept the score down to 2 – 0.

Despite conceding five goals in four league games, losing his place to Stockdale, he had his loan extended until the end of the season.

Despite having just turned 21, Cronje was made captain of Orange Free State for the 1990-91 season.

Despite those two close triumphs ( 22 – 21 against the Dolphins in the Divisional Round, and 17 – 13 against the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game ), the Chargers lost Super Bowl XXIX to the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 49 – 26, who were led by quarterback Steve Young ( Super Bowl MVP ) and wide receiver Jerry Rice.

Despite throwing three interceptions, Bradshaw was named Super Bowl MVP by completing 14 of 21 passes for 309 yards and two touchdowns.

Despite the more favourable critical response, Cradle of Life suffered a disappointing opening weekend, as it debuted in fourth place with a take of $ 21. 7 million, a 55 % drop from the original's opening gross of $ 47. 7 million.

Despite its short atmospheric half life of 7 years, methane has a global warming potential of 62 over 20 years and 21 over 100 years ( IPCC, 1996 ; Berner and Berner, 1996 ; vanLoon and Duffy, 2000 ).

Despite similarities in theme and name, Nyarlathotep does not feature at all in Lovecraft's story " The Crawling Chaos ", ( 1920 / 21 ) an apocalyptic narrative written in collaboration with Winifred V. Jackson ( aka Elizabeth Berkeley ).

Despite enjoying widespread support by the majority of Haitians, the Washington Post informed their readers that regime change was looming on November 21, 2003: " Aristide has pushed with mixed success a populist agenda of higher minimum wages, school construction, literacy programs, higher taxes on the rich and other policies that have angered an opposition movement run largely by a mulatto elite that has traditionally controlled Haiti's economy.

Despite the off-ice difficulties, Pittsburgh finished with a 56 – 21 – 7 record-the franchise's best regular season ever-winning the franchise's first ( and, as of 2012, only ) Presidents ' Trophy.

Despite his confidence, Missouri inched closer to leaving on October 21 when its Board of Curators authorized Chancellor Brady Deaton to move the school out of the Big 12 Conference if it would be in the school's best interest to do so.

Despite the negative reception, the film was released on January 17, 2003 and grossed $ 16, 580, 209 over the 3-day MLK opening weekend, and $ 21, 895, 483 over the 4-day MLK weekend, ranking # 1 that weekend.

Despite the decree of 21 March 1815 that stated that no foreigner could be admitted into the Imperial Guard, Napoleon ’ s decree of 24 April prescribed amongst other things that the Chasseurs-à-Cheval of the Imperial Guard included a squadron of two companies of Mamluks for the Belgian Campaign.

Despite stings from jellyfish and strong currents off Cap Gris Nez which prevented him reaching the shore for five hours, finally, after 21 hours and 45 minutes, he landed near Calais — the first successful cross-channel swim.

Despite the metric measurements given, many scaffolders measure tubes and boards in imperial units, with tubes from 21 feet down and boards from 13 ft down.

Despite the execution of Louis XVI of France on January 21, 1793, Sweden, in the hope of obtaining considerable subsidies, recognized the new French republic ; and secret negotiations for contrading an alliance were actually begun in May of the same year, till the menacing protests of Catherine, supported as they were by all the other European powers, finally induced Sweden to suspend them.

Despite finishing with a 61 – 21 record, however, the Spurs could not avoid being upset in the first round, 4 – 2, by the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies.

A 2003 house subcommittee hearing ( Serial No. 108 – 21 ) on US policy towards South East Asia sums it up as " Despite sometimes blunt and intemperate public remarks by Prime Minister Mahathir, U. S .- Malaysian cooperation has a solid record in areas as diverse as education, trade, military relations, and counter-terrorism.

Despite initial success, a number of ad-hoc Romanian cadet battalions managed to stop the Hungarian advance at the Battle of Păuliş, and soon a combined Romanian-Soviet counterattack overwhelmed the Hungarians, who gave ground and evacuated Arad itself on 21 September.

Despite many attempts to intercede, the king did not pardon him and he was executed on 21 January at Tyburn.

Despite the heavy rains of 21 May, the city was without a water supply.

Despite this statement on 21 June 2012, a trailer of music video was released for " Everybody Have a Good Time ".

Despite the change, Beer Bash attendees were still required to be 18 years of age, and 21 years old to consume alcohol, in accordance with local and federal laws.

Despite this, he was able to rally the Colts from a 23 – 0 deficit to 23 – 21, and gave Adam Vinatieri an opportunity to take the lead with a 29-yard field goal.

Despite allegations being made against him by fellow councillor Ron Rose, Hughes avoided blame in the " Donnygate " scandal, which resulted in 21 former member of Doncaster council being convicted for fraud offences, and he retained his seat in the House of Commons in 1997, despite being opposed by an " anti-fraud " candidate, and again in 2001.

Despite the slightly more favourable critical response, Cradle of Life suffered a disappointing opening weekend, as it debuted in fourth place with a take of $ 21. 8 million, a 54 % drop from the original's opening gross of $ 47. 7 million.

While the Poles constituted the majority of population in the area, they held only 4 out 21 official posts of higher level. Despite the colonization action carried on during period 1793 — 1806 there were hardly 11. 1 per cent of Germans in Poznań in 1815 5 From 1832 Poles could no longer hold higher posts at local administrative level ( landrat ).

Despite the rejection of the traditional accounts on many points of detail, as late as 1948 it was still possible to postulate a massive and comparatively sudden ( beginning in ca. 450 ) influx of Germans as the type of invasions.

Despite its small size ( roughly from its northernmost to southernmost points ), there is significant variation in mean temperature and amount of snowfall between Sussex County and New Castle County.

Despite this fancifulness, however, Ivanhoe does make some prescient historical points.

Despite some claims that the word kiosk originally came from the Swahili language, all evidence points to a Middle Persian origin.

Despite this, they still finished the 1973 season giving up fewer points ( 150 ) than in 1972, and recorded a 12-2 record, including their opening game victory over the San Francisco 49ers that tied an NFL record with 18 consecutive wins.

Despite their defensive flaws, the Dolphins ' powerful offense led the NFL in scoring ( 513 points ) and total yards gained ( 7, 064 ), and helped the team reach an AFC best 14-2 regular season record.

Despite being considered one obstacle, each element may result in penalty points if knocked down.

Despite considerable investments, other dual carriageways are partially up to either motorway or state road standards as they contain unfinished overpasses, lack of medians, roundabouts, uncontrolled access points, and absent entry and exit ramps.

Despite a slow 2 – 6 – 1 start, Colorado finished with a 44 – 28 – 10 record for 98 points, won the Northwest Division and finished second in the Western Conference.

Despite the Cavaliers ' long layoff between the series they swept the Hawks 4 – 0, again winning each game by at least ten points, becoming the first team in NBA history to win eight straight playoff games by a double-digit margin.

Despite a lopsided comparison in terms of the two teams ' win-loss records, three of the four Pacers losses were close, losing games 1 – 3 by an average of just 5 points.

Despite the disappointment, Williams proved to be one of the elite point guards in the league, averaging 19. 4 points and 10. 8 assists per game, second in the league, despite playing the entire season with a lingering ankle injury.

Despite this, Columbus managed its best season record to date, staying above a. 500 game wins average until the very last game of the season and finishing fourth in the Central Division with 80 points.

Despite some off-season legal issues, the Oilers were again the top team in the NHL during the 1985 – 86 regular season, with 56 wins and 119 points.

Despite the staggering amount of changes, the Oilers produced a comparable season to 1990 – 91, finishing third in the Smythe Division with 36 wins and 82 points.

Despite underachieving in the regular season ( their points total decreased by 16 from the previous year ), the Canucks played well in the playoffs and embarked on another unexpected run.

Despite the controversy, hype, and low points, Norman's impact on Christian music cannot be overstated.

Despite this record though, Merton is one of only three people to have played all three roles of the show's format at various points: he is usually captain of his team, but along with being the first post-Deayton presenter ( series 24, episode 3 ), he has also been a guest on Hislop's team ( in series 11, episode 1 ).

Despite a 3 – 0 win over Panathinaikos in their first match, courtesy of a Vincenzo Iaquinta hat trick, the team failed to qualify for the knockout rounds, coming in third in their group, equal on points with second placed Werder and behind eventual champions Barcelona.

Despite being robbed of some quickness and athleticism, he still managed to score 27. 0 points per game, and he also added 6. 7 assists per contest, his highest average as a member of the Jazz.

" Despite the uproar that has arisen amongst operagoers, Harada points out that none of the opera houses using acoustic enhancement systems "... use traditional, Broadway-style sound reinforcement, in which most if not all singers are equipped with radio microphones mixed to a series of unsightly loudspeakers scattered throughout the theatre.

Despite the end of the series, Adams has said the strip, which he claimed at different points to have appeared in 365 newspapers, 265 newspapers, and 165 newspapers, ended " for no other reason that it was an unhappy situation ":

Despite the brief descriptions of him, Enoch is one of the main two focal points for much of the 1st millennium BC Jewish mysticism, notably in the Book of Enoch.

Despite this, October polls showed Layton only four points behind Rowlands, with 36 % support.

Despite sitting a comfortable 14 points clear from the relegation zone at the time of his departure, Millwall would go onto to suffer the drop ( by virtue of goals scored ) after McCarthy's departure.