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- On the occasion of Sachin Tendulkar's 50th birthday, we take a look at his 100 centuries for India spanning from 1990 to 2012. We will be turning back the clock and celebrating Tendulkar’s centuries in five segments – Part 1: 1990-1995, Part 2: 1996-1998, Part 3 1999-2001, Part 4: 2002-2007, and Part 5: 2008-2012
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On the occasion of Sachin Tendulkar's 50th birthday, we take a look at his 100 centuries for India spanning from 1990 to 2012. We will be turning back the clock and celebrating...
- No 1: 119* vs England, Old Trafford, August 9-14, 1990
- No 2: 148* vs Australia, Sydney, January 2-6, 1992
- No 3: 114 vs Australia, Perth, February 1-5, 1992
- No 4: 111 vs South Africa, Johannesburg, November 26-30, 1992
- No 5: 165 vs England, Chennai, February 11-15, 1993
- No 6: 104 vs Sri Lanka, Colombo, July 27-August 1, 1993
- No 7: 142 vs Sri Lanka, Lucknow, January 18-22, 1994
- No 8: 110 vs Australia, Colombo, September 9, 1994
- No 9: 115 vs New Zealand, Vadodara, October 28, 1994
- No 10: 105 vs West Indies, Jaipur, November 11, 1994
By scoring two half-centuries and negotiating the might of the Pakistan pace attack at the age of 16, Tendulkar had affirmed his status as a boy wonder on his very first tour for India. Any player, regardless of how unique or gifted though, needs the confidence of reaching the three-figure milestone to truly believe that they belong at the highest ...
After showing that he can conquer English conditions on his first tour of the UK in 1990, Tendulkar showed he could adapt to the pace and bounce in Australia too. At the Sydney Cricket Ground, where he would go on to hit a double hundred in 2003/04, Tendulkar took on the Australian bowlers and made an unbeaten 148 in India's first-innings total of ...
By the time Tendulkar raised his bat and lifted his helmet to celebrate his third Test ton in Perth, there was no doubt in anyone's mind that a genius was gracing us with his presence. On a ground notorious for troubling visiting teams with its pace and bounce, Tendulkar showed his readiness to conquer conditions anywhere in the world. His knock of...
Having made centuries in England and Australia, Tendulkar had already established himself as one of the best players in the world at the time. Just in case there was any doubt, Tendulkar would go on to display his precocious batting talent on South Africa's shores as well. In the second Test of a landmark series -- India was the first touring team ...
It was a quirk of fate that only one of Tendulkar's first 21 Tests was played in India. It took him until 1993, as a result, to score a century at home. Playing just his third Test in India -- against the touring Englishmen in January-February 1993 -- he scored 165 in the first innings of the first Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in then Madras,...
While most of Tendulkar's centuries in the 1990s came with the Indian team's back to the wall, this was an exception. By the time Tendulkar came out to bat in India's second innings, they were well in front and looking to seal a comprehensive victory. Electing to bat, India made 366 in the first innings, Vinod Kambli top-scoring with an innings of ...
Tendulkar's next century also came against Sri Lanka, but this was a first-innings ton at KD Singh Babu Stadium in Lucknow. On a belter of a batting pitch, the toss of the coin fell India captain Mohammad Azharuddin's way. Azharuddin duly opted to bat and make best use of pristine conditions. Riding centuries by Tendulkar and Navjot Singh Sidhu, In...
Tendulkar finished his unparalleled career with 49 ODI centuries in 463 matches. Each of those tons came in his last 386 games as, astonishingly, he didn’t reach the three-figure mark even once in his first 77 ODIs. Arguably the greatest cricketer in one-day history, Tendulkar’s highest ODI score before facing Australia in 1994 at Colombo was 84. H...
About a month-and-a-half after Tendulkar broke the shackles and hit his first ODI century, he scored his second in the format. This time it was at home against New Zealand in Vodadara. It was a World Series match, with West Indies being the third team in the tournament. India went on to win the title again as Tendulkar starred with the bat. After g...
Tendulkar’s third ODI ton came just two weeks after his second. Between those two knocks, he scored four consecutive half-centuries. It was a five-match series between India and West Indies, and in the final game, Tendulkar helped the hosts complete a 4-1 win. Opting to bat first, India finished with a total of 259/5. Vinod Kambli scored a 64-ball ...
His centuries have come in 30 different cricket grounds, with 27 of them being scored in venues outside India. Tendulkar has been dismissed nine times between scores of 90 and 99. [7] Although Tendulkar made his ODI debut in 1989 it took him five years to make his first century in the format.
No.ScoreAgainstPos.51146450111 *549214 †4482034Apr 24, 2022 · On the occasion of his 49th birthday, we take a look at 49 different records that are in Sachin Tendulkar's kitty as we reminisce over India’s biggest cricketing icon’s career in the game. ODI Records. 1. First person to score a double century in One Day Internationals. 2. Highest number of centuries - 49. 3. Highest number of fifties - 96. 4.
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Apr 24, 2023 · In 200 test matches for India, Sachin Tendulkar scored 51 hundreds. Twenty of the 51 centuries have been in victories, and as a result, India has won 39% of the games. The percentage of draws during his 51 centuries was about the same as the percentage of victories.
Aug 14, 2020 · But Sachin Tendulkar was yet to score his first century for India. He had notched-up four half-centuries for his country up until then, but the magical three-figure score eluded him. India’s...
Nov 14, 2013 · Tendulkar appealed to the ordinary Indian because of his understated personality. Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar begins his last international game in the western Indian city of Mumbai...
