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Sachin Tendulkar finally hits 100th international century

NEW DELHI: Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, treated like God by his fans, ended the long and tiring wait for his 100th international century on Friday at Dhaka's Shere Bangla National Stadium.

Tendulkar, the leading run scorer in the history of both Test and one-day cricket, achieved the most-coveted ton by taking a single off Shakib Al Hasan against Bangladesh in Asia Cup. Tendulkar's century came off 138 balls and was studded with 10 fours and a six.

The master blaster's 99th century had come against South Africa on March 12, 2011, at Nagpur during the World Cup. Friday's century was Tendulkar's 49th in one-dayers; he has 51 Test centuries.

Tendulkar, who was left stranded on 99 international hundreds for a year and four days, played Test series against England, the West Indies and Australia. He also featured in the recently concluded triseries in Australia but his bid to become the first batsman to score 100 international hundreds remained unfulfilled, although he came close on a few occasions.

Tendulkar has defied age and injury at every stage of his career. Whenever injuries threatened to stall his career, he pushed his body to the limit, and sometimes even beyond. Even the most threatening of all his injuries - the painful tennis elbow (in 2004) - couldn't break him. He cried out in agony, waited with hope for almost a year, tackled it with determination and ultimately conquered it like only he can.

In February 2010, Tendulkar became the first in world cricket to score a double hundred in one-day internationals, while in December 2010 he became the first to score 50 Test tons, both landmarks achieved against the best pace attack in world cricket - South Africa.

Wisden, regarded as the bible of cricket, named Tendulkar as the leading cricketer in the world for the year 2010.

In 2007, Wisden had identified Tendulkar as the player to have won such an award for 1998 - had it been instituted then.

Tendulkar, who realised his long-cherished dream when India won the World Cup in April 2011, was also named in Wisden's 2009 Test XI, at his accustomed number four position.

His passion for the game not only keeps him going, but also gives him the opportunity to reinvent himself. Each time he goes out on to the field he seems to be raising the bar for himself.

Sachin Tendulkar 100

Sachin Tendulkar: "It was a tough phase for me. I began the season well, but I was luckless. There was no real hype when I scored the 99th ton in the World Cup, but post that, the media blew it up. Wherever I went, everyone just talked about the 100th 100 and not the 99 scored earlier. It became mentally tough because I was not just playing for that milestone. In the end, I got to do what is good for the team. Happy to have done it. It was tough batting today and we had a score of 280-290 in mind, which we have achieved. (Gives a message) Chase your dreams because they definitely come true! I had to wait for one for 22 years. We won the World Cup - that was my dream. So keep chasing your dreams."

Live IND vs SL scoreboard

• To win: SL needs 301 run(s) in 49 over(s)

1^st Innings

IND 304/3

50 Overs

RR:6.08

• India: 304/3 (50) Run Rate: 6.08

  1^st Innings

  • Batting

    R

    B

    4s

    6s

    S/R

  • Gautam Gambhir

    c Upul Tharanga b Farveez Maharoof

    100

    118

    7

    0

    84.75

  • Sachin Tendulkar

    c Mahela Jayawardena b Suranga Lakmal

    6

    19

    1

    0

    31.58

  • Virat Kohli

    c Lahiru Thirimanne b Farveez Maharoof

    108

    120

    7

    0

    90.00

  • MS Dhoni

    not out

    46

    26

    6

    1

    176.92

  • Suresh Raina

    not out

    30

    17

    3

    1

    176.47

  • Rohit Sharma

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

  • Ravindra Jadeja

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

  • Irfan Pathan

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

  • Ravichandran Ashwin

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

  • Vinay Kumar

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

  • Praveen Kumar

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

  • Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 7, nb 0)

    14

  • Total Score:

    304/3(50 Over)RR: 6.08

  • Fall of Wickets:

    1-19 (Sachin Tendulkar, 5.3 Over) 2-224 (Gautam Gambhir, 42.3 Over) 3-226(Virat Kohli, 42.5 Over)

    Bowling	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	Eco
    Nuwan Kulasekara	10	0	67	0	0	1	6.7
    Suranga Lakmal	10	1	67	1	0	2	6.7
    Tillakaratne Dilshan	10	0	54	0	0	0	5.4
    Seekkuge Prasanna	9	0	45	0	0	1	5
    Farveez Maharoof	10	0	57	2	0	2	5.7
    Chamara Kapugedera	1	0	7	0	0	0	7