Sachin Tendulkar is still the only batsman to have 100 centuries in international cricket. No one has this record of his yet.
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New Delhi: So far in cricket history, there is only one batsman who has scored 100 centuries in international cricket. This player is Sachin Tendulkar. There are many records in the name of this legendary batsman of India and hence he is called the God of Cricket. The work that no one ever thought, Sachin has done in the world of cricket, whether it is to score a double century in ODIs or a century of centuries, but Sachin’s 100th century did not come easily. Sachin had to wait a long time for this. This century came on this day i.e. 16 March in 2012.
Sachin had to wait for more than a year for his 100th century. He scored his 99th international century on March 12 against South Africa in the 2011 World Cup played in India. After this, centuries were not coming out of his bat and the pressure was also building on him. Sachin himself had accepted this. Sachin ended this wait after a year against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup.
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The Indian team was participating in the Asia Cup in Bangladesh. Sachin was a part of Team India and he was expected to score his 100th century. Sachin batted with patience and created history by achieving this position. India batted first in this match. Sachin had come out to open with Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir was dismissed early, but then Sachin got the support of Virat Kohli and together they handled the team. Both of them had taken the team to 173 runs. Kohli was dismissed after scoring 66 runs.
Then Sachin got the support of Suresh Raina. Along with Raina, Sachin shared a partnership of 76 runs. It was during his partnership with Raina that Sachin completed his century. On the fourth ball of the 44th over, Sachin completed his 100th century by taking a single off Shakib Al Hasan. Sachin was again dismissed on the fifth ball of the 47th over. He was dismissed by Mashrafe Mortaza. Sachin played an inning of 114 runs in 147 balls with the help of 12 fours and a six.
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India got defeated
Although India had to face defeat in this match. Batting first, India had scored 289 runs losing five wickets. But Bangladesh had won this match by five wickets. For that, Tamim Iqbal played an inning of 70 runs in 99 balls. He hit six fours in his innings. Zahurul Islam scored 53, Nasir Hussain 54, Shakib Al Hasan 49 and captain Mushfiqur Rahim scored an unbeaten 46 to win the team.
This proved to be the last century of Sachin’s career. But till date no one has reached near his record of 100 centuries. Virat Kohli is second after him. Kohli has 75 centuries in international cricket.
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