Sachin Tendulkar becomes “Star of the Test match” with 50 centuries
Legendary Indian player, Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday became the first to put up 50 centuries in Test matches, while playing on the fourth day of the first Test match against South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion.
The 37 year old Tendulkar, also known as the ‘little master’, reached the landmark 56 minutes after tea when he drove fast bowler, Dale Styen, through the covers after playing for 258 minutes for 197 balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 fought back strongly on the fourth day with the unforgettable efforts of Tendulkar who hit a big six over long-off on the ball off left arm spinner Paul Harris and hitting a further 12 fours, remaining at the wickets, 107
not out.
Tendulkar along with Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820, played flawlessly in the innings, striving hard to save their team from an innings defeat. In 175th
Test match of his career, he has also scored 14,500 Test runs and made up his hundred with a single off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-c52110 Steyn. This was his seventh century in 2010. The record holder Tendulkar, was not only praised by the players of his own team rather the South
African skipper Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla also congratulated the maestro.
On reaching his century, on the fourth day of the first Test match, Tendulkar and Dhoni put on unbeaten 160 for the seventh wicket and were left with 47 runs, putting South Africa into bat again.
After Tendulkar, Australian Captain Ricky Ponting is the player who has marked the second highest number of Test centuries with 39.
Tendulkar is the player who has put centuries against every nation in 21 years of his international career. He has scored 11 hundreds against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, five
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
The following are some of the player’s stats and records:
The highest ODI hundreds - 49. The highest Test hundreds - 50. Highest number of nineties in ODIs. Highest number of Man of the Matches in ODIs- 61. The first cricketer to hit 1000 runs in ODIs. The best average for Man of the Matches in ODIs The first cricketer to pass 15000, 16000, 17000 ODI enforcement. The highest run-scorer in the World Cup (1796 to an average of 59.87). The most number of Man of the Matches in the World Cup. Highest number of fiftys in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar scored the highest number of runs in the 2003 World Cup, 673, the highest by any player in a single World Cup
The only player in the top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years. The first and only cricketer to get the “Rajiv GandhiRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna" , India's highest sporting honor.
The only player to score a century in three Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts.
Scored over 1000 runs in an ODI calendar year, 8 times. The first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket.
The only player who has more than 100 entries from more than 50 runs. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185 First to 25,000 international runs. The only player who has 40 wickets and more than 11,000 runs in Tests Hit the first double century in 40 years of ODIs. Highest score in ODI cricket 200*
Tags: