suresh
12-12-2004, 06:19 AM
Sachin Tendulkar Saturday scored a world record-equalling 34th Test century
Tendulkar, 31, reached the magic 34th century when he turned the second ball of the 58th over, bowled by Tapash Baisya, to mid-on for a single.
Legendary opener Sunil Gavaskar, like the sparse crowd at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, stood up and applauded from the television commentators' box.
I hope age does not catch up with my centuries," Tendulkar said, referring to the three Test tons more than his age.
I am not going to stop here," he said, warning bowlers all over the world.
Tendulkar, playing his 119th Test, equalled the record that had stood since 1987 when Gavaskar retired, having played 125 Tests.
With his 34th hundred - the first in his second Test against Bangladesh - Tendulkar has become only the third player in the 127-year Test history to score centuries against all the other nine Test-playing nations.
South Africa's Gary Kirsten and former Australia captain Steve Waugh are the other two who have scored centuries against nine Test-playing countries.
Tendulkar, who made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1989, had amassed 9,754 runs at 57.04 in 192 innings. He is now just 246 short of becoming only the second Indian after Gavaskar to reach the 10,000-run landmark and the fifth internationally.
It was Tendulkar's first century since his unbeaten 194 in the first-innings of the first Test against Pakistan at Multan in March-April.
Since then he has had a string of low scores, during which he also suffered from an elbow problem.
His scores since Multan read like this: did not bat (DNB), 2, 8, 1 DNB, 8, 2, 5, 55, 3, DNB, 20, 32 not out and DNB.
But he took advantage of the rather weak bowling attack of the weakest Test nation to return to form, making his millions of fans happy.
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I am giving my best wishes to Sachin to 34th test century
Tendulkar, 31, reached the magic 34th century when he turned the second ball of the 58th over, bowled by Tapash Baisya, to mid-on for a single.
Legendary opener Sunil Gavaskar, like the sparse crowd at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, stood up and applauded from the television commentators' box.
I hope age does not catch up with my centuries," Tendulkar said, referring to the three Test tons more than his age.
I am not going to stop here," he said, warning bowlers all over the world.
Tendulkar, playing his 119th Test, equalled the record that had stood since 1987 when Gavaskar retired, having played 125 Tests.
With his 34th hundred - the first in his second Test against Bangladesh - Tendulkar has become only the third player in the 127-year Test history to score centuries against all the other nine Test-playing nations.
South Africa's Gary Kirsten and former Australia captain Steve Waugh are the other two who have scored centuries against nine Test-playing countries.
Tendulkar, who made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1989, had amassed 9,754 runs at 57.04 in 192 innings. He is now just 246 short of becoming only the second Indian after Gavaskar to reach the 10,000-run landmark and the fifth internationally.
It was Tendulkar's first century since his unbeaten 194 in the first-innings of the first Test against Pakistan at Multan in March-April.
Since then he has had a string of low scores, during which he also suffered from an elbow problem.
His scores since Multan read like this: did not bat (DNB), 2, 8, 1 DNB, 8, 2, 5, 55, 3, DNB, 20, 32 not out and DNB.
But he took advantage of the rather weak bowling attack of the weakest Test nation to return to form, making his millions of fans happy.
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I am giving my best wishes to Sachin to 34th test century