Sachin's The God Of Cricket
Sachin Tendulkar created history on Wednesday, becoming the first cricketer to score a double century in one-day internationals after a breathtaking unbeaten 200 that steered India to a massive 401 for three against South Africa in the second One-Day International in Gwalior.
The master batsman treated the capacity crowd at the Captain Roop Singh stadium to a stunning exhibition of strokeplay in 147-ball knock during which he not only registered his 46th ODI century but also posted the highest score in one-dayers, eclipsing the previous record of 194 which was jointly held by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles Conventry.
Sachin Tendulkar created history on Wednesday, becoming the first cricketer to score a double century in one-day internationals after a breathtaking unbeaten 200 that steered India to a massive 401 for three against South Africa in the second One-Day International in Gwalior.
The master batsman treated the capacity crowd at the Captain Roop Singh stadium to a stunning exhibition of strokeplay in 147-ball knock during which he not only registered his 46th ODI century but also posted the highest score in one-dayers, eclipsing the previous record of 194 which was jointly held by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles Conventry.
By a coincidence, Virender Sehwag was playing his 221st match, exactly half of SR Tendulkar's 442 matches. Their combined total is 663 matches. SR Tendulkar was playing his 431st innings in this game. The record for most innings played in One-day games is 432 and is credited to ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka
The three figure partnership of 194 runs between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represent the 292nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also represents the 62nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games. The three figure partnership of 194 runs between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represents the 93rd occasion of SR Tendulkar being a partner in a three figure partnership in One-day games.
SR Tendulkar registered his 46th One-day hundred in this game. This was his fourth hundred against South Africa. The other three hundreds are - 122 at Vadodara on 17.03.00, 114 at Mumbai on 14.12.96 and 101 at Jo'burg on 05.10.01. SR Tendulkar's 200 not out in this game represent his highest score against South Africa.
194 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represents the ground record for the highest three figure partnership at Gwalior. The previous best was 190 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and VVS Laxman against Australia on 26.10.03 194 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik in this game represents the 12th three figure partnership at Gwalior.
With 25 boundary fours in this innings of 200 not out, SR Tendulkar has now the record of most boundary fours in an innings. He wrested the record of 24 boundary fours of ST Jayasuriya in his knock of 157 against Netherlands at Amstelveen on 04.07.06 which was the previous record of most boundary fours in an innings.
SR Tendulkar with his score on 195 not out in this innings became the highest scorer in One-day games when he went past the scores of 194 not out by CK Coventry of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh at Bulawayo on 16.08.09 and 194 by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan vs India at Chennai on 21.05.97, SR Tendulkar's score of 200 not out in this innings became the highest scorer on Indian soil going past 194 by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan against India at Chennai on 21.05.97. SR Tendulkar became the first batsman in the history of One-day games to score 200 runs when he scored 200 not out in this game. It was an improvement over his 186 not out against New Zealand at Hyderabad.
This game witnessed two three figure partnerships in India's innings. SR Tendulkar and KRD Karthik added 194 runs for the second wicket and SR Tendulkar and MS Dhoni added 101 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket - providing the 106th occasion of a team posting two or more three figure partnerships in its innings.
Tendulkar hit just four fours to reach 100 from 90 deliveries but opened up after reaching the three-figure mark as he lofted Duminy over long on for his first six after hitting Jacques Kallis for a four in the previous over.
He completed his half-century, his 94th in ODIs, off just 37 deliveries with a flicked boundary through fine leg off Roelof van der Merwe in the 12th over of the innings.
He completed his half-century, his 94th in ODIs, off just 37 deliveries with a flicked boundary through fine leg off Roelof van der Merwe in the 12th over of the innings.
Some Interesting Facts
Sachin was given a pair of pads by his cricket hero Sunil Gavaskar when he was a schoolboy – and he made his Test debut for India against Pakistan aged just 16-years old in 1989 wearing those very pads…..
=> Like loads of other cricketers, Sachin is pretty superstitious – he’ll always put on his left pad before his right whenever he’s getting padded up……
=> .“He hasn’t spent Diwali at home since we got married. But it really doesn’t matter that it’s Diwali… any time he spends at home is great!” – Anjali, his wife, told once…
Once in a BBC interview when asked about his dream women, Sachin answered ‘my wife’ without batting an eyelid.
=> ”He scored a fantastic 148 in Shane Warne’s debut Test in Sydney and then followed it up with another century at Perth, one of the toughest pitches in the world, where Indians have traditionally struggled. The value of his hundred increased because all the other Indian batsmen struggled.
His weakness is the fact that he is so talented. His adrenaline pumps strongly when he walks out to bat with the noise of the crowds. You can’t hear yourself think with that noise.
I would pay $1000 to watch Sachin bat.
To score a 148 at Sydney – and that too when you are 18 — was out of the ordinary though the wicket was a lot like the ones you encounter in India, flat with lots of runs for the taking…….”
The above facts are told by Allan Border.
=> Like loads of other cricketers, Sachin is pretty superstitious – he’ll always put on his left pad before his right whenever he’s getting padded up……
=> .“He hasn’t spent Diwali at home since we got married. But it really doesn’t matter that it’s Diwali… any time he spends at home is great!” – Anjali, his wife, told once…
Once in a BBC interview when asked about his dream women, Sachin answered ‘my wife’ without batting an eyelid.
=> ”He scored a fantastic 148 in Shane Warne’s debut Test in Sydney and then followed it up with another century at Perth, one of the toughest pitches in the world, where Indians have traditionally struggled. The value of his hundred increased because all the other Indian batsmen struggled.
His weakness is the fact that he is so talented. His adrenaline pumps strongly when he walks out to bat with the noise of the crowds. You can’t hear yourself think with that noise.
I would pay $1000 to watch Sachin bat.
To score a 148 at Sydney – and that too when you are 18 — was out of the ordinary though the wicket was a lot like the ones you encounter in India, flat with lots of runs for the taking…….”
The above facts are told by Allan Border.
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