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Sachin Tendulkar's Test tons
October 10, 2013 16:25
On a day when Sachin Tendulkar announced he will no longer be seen on the international cricket map after his 200th Test, we take a look at the thrilling centuries made by our beloved 'Ton'dulkar.
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ZoomNovember 15, 1989 marks the day when Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut against Pakistan in Karachi. At just 16 years old, he only made 15 runs in his debut innings being bowled out by Waqar Younis, but was noticed for how he handled numerous bodyline deliveries by the Pakistani pace attack. More than 20 years have passed by and Sachin has established himself as one of cricket's finest in this period. And on the 19th of December, 2010, Sachin became the first man in the history of the game to amass 50 Test centuries. He hit another century in the same series against South Africa to take his tally to 51 Test tons. Through this photogallery, CricketNDTV.com takes a look at these centuries made by our beloved 'Ton'dulkar.
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Zoom51st Test century: With the team under pressure after losing two quick wickets, Sachin decided to play second fiddle to a fluent Gautam Gambhir and then decided to come into his own later. The upper-cut (a shot which he has put his stamp on) was used with great perfection against a rising Morkel delivery to bring up his 51st century and remind the chasing pack that he is still the leader. (Year 2011)
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Zoom50th Test century: Sachin knew that his 50th Test century will be the one for the record books and he chose a great setting to bring it up. Under pressure to save the first Test against South Africa at Centurion, the 'master' was unperturbed by the wickets falling around him and rallied along to bring up a great ton and give his side a decent chance to save the match. This is Sachin's 6th Test ton against South Africa and the fourth on Protean soil. (Year 2010)
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Zoom49th Test century: Sachin's 49th Test century was one that reinforced his unprecedented mastery of the game. The Cricketer of the year showed just why he was given the award as he went on to score the sixth double ton of his career in the same innings. It was also Sachin's 11th Test hundred against Australia. Having missed a century by 2 runs in the first Test of the tour in Mohali, he made up by bringing up his ton in Bangalore. He also attained the feat of becoming the first cricketer to make 14,000 Test runs during the same match. Yet another feather in the master blaster's cap! (Year 2010)
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Zoom48th Test century: Sachin Tendulkar once again came to his country's rescue and raised hopes of salvaging the second Test. Tendulkar struck his 48th Test century and went on to score his 5th double century. Suresh Raina notched up a century on debut on the fourth day of the Test. (Year 2010)
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Zoom47th Test century: Hurt by the Nagpur sting, India reached Kolkata for the second Test. After Indian bowlers wrapped up the South African innings for 296, Sachin along with Sehwag got down to the batting business. He made his 47th Test ton, his fifth against the visitors. Having played four Tests so far in 2010, Sachin has made centuries in each of them. (Year 2010)
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Zoom46th Test century: Sachin slammed 46th hundred of his Test career on the fourth day of the first Test against South Africa in Nagpur.
His fourth century against the Proteas was also his first at home against them. (Year 2010)
In reply to South Africa's 558 runs, India were bundled out for 233 runs. South Africa enforced follow-on and picked top four wickets. Sachin rose to the occasion and hit his 46th ton. Unfortunately, his resistance ended soon after his ton as Paul Harris deceived him with his spin for 100 runs. However his ton went in vain as India slumped to an embarrassing defeat by an innings and six runs.
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Zoom45th Test century: In the second Test of the two-match series against Bangladesh, Sachin slammed another ton. As compared to the hundred scored in the first Test, this one was a more relaxed one. During the process, he had a 200-run plus with Rahul Dravid for the third wicket. (Year 2010)
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Zoom44th Test century: The master batsman started the new year with another century. Though against the minnows, his 44th century came under testing circumstances. India, who played their first Test of the year against Bangladesh in January, were heavily let down by their batsmen in the first innings in Chittagong. Out of 243 runs, Sachin scored 105 and saved India blushes. While wickets were tumbling from one end, Sachin at the other end dig deep and kept the battle on. He was adjudged 'man of the match' for his fighting knock. (Year 2010)
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Zoom43rd Test century: Sachin celebrated his 20 years in Test cricket with an unbeaten 100 runs in the second innings of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad in December 2009. There were seven centuries scored in that match. Failing to score in the first innings, Sachin scored a subdued 298-ball 100 runs in the second. (Year 2009)
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Zoom42nd century: It came at a place which proved to be Indian batting's graveyard in 2002-03. India went to New Zealand this year after that debacle tour. It was tipped to be one of the toughest tour as nobody knew how the conditions were. (Year 2009)
After Indian pacers ripped the Kiwi batting apart in the first Test at Hamilton, Sachin got down to his task and slammed 160 runs for his 42nd ton. Most importantly, his knock backed by lethal bowling gave India a win in New Zealand after a gap of 33 years. (Year 2009)
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Zoom41st century: Many called this knock as Sachin's one of the best Test knocks. After condemnable terror attacks on Mumbai, India played England in Chennai. And the Mumbaikar made that match a historic one. If Virender Sehwag set the stage, Sachin along with Yuvraj Singh chased the total with an hour to spare for the close of the match. He made unbeaten 103 runs and dedicated his 41st ton to all his countrymen. (Year 2008)
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Zoom40th century: Sachin got his 40th ton at Nagpur during the fourth Test against Australia. The four-match series was aready in India's pocket, but Sachin's innings of 109 runs helped India put up a good total. India won the match by 172 runs and clinched the series 2-0 to lift the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. During the same series, Sachin surpassed Brian Lara's record of maximum Test runs. It came during the second Test at Mohali. (Year 2008)
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Zoom38th century: Sachin started the new year on a high Down Under. During the second Test against Australia in Sydney, Sachin made an unbeaten 154 runs as his 38th Test century. However, some umpiring blunders gave Australian an edge over the Indians in the match that was well in visitors' grasp. (Year 2008)
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Zoom37th century: Sachin hit back-to-back centuries in the series. In the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka, he raised his 37th ton with an unbeaten knock of 122 runs. Three other Indians made centuries in the same match - Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik and Rahul Dravid. However, Sachin walked away with the 'Man of the Series'. (Year 2007)
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Zoom35th century: It took Sachin exactly a year to surpass his idol Gavaskar. In 2005, Sachin played six Tests making 444 runs. He missed out on a hundred against Pakistan in Mohali when he was dismissed for 94 runs. And then there was a long wait. (Year 2005)
On December 10, 2005 in New Delhi, he got his 35th Test ton against Sri Lanka. He contributed 109 to India's 290 on a tricky Kotla track where Muralitharan was at his wily best. As they say all's well that ends well, India won the match by a big margin of 188 runs. (Year 2005)
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Zoom34th century: Nine months later he finally got his fourth double ton when he slammed an unbeaten 248 runs against Bangladesh during the first Test in Dhaka. He celebrated his double ton with another milestone as he equalled Sunil Gavaskar's Test record of 34 centuries. It was indeed a proud moment for the two Little Masters, who are great admirers of each other. (Year 2004)
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Zoom33rd century: A controversial decision by the then captain Rahul Dravid to declare the innings, cost Sachin from reaching another double hundred score. India declared their innings with Sachin at a score of 194 with just 6 more runs to reach what would have been his 4th double ton. (Year 2004)
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Zoom31st century: Another big score by Sachin. He made 176 runs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 3, 2002 playing against the visiting West Indians. (Year 2002)
He also attained the feat of becoming the first cricketer to make 14,000 Test runs during the same match.
Yet another feather in the master blaster's cap!
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Zoom14th century: Scoring his fourth century of the year, Sachin again missed out on reaching the 150 run mark when he got out after scoring 148 runs at his homeground Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on December 4, 1997 playing against the Lankans. The match ended in a draw. (Year 1997)
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Zoom7th century: Sachin's next century again came against Sri Lanka but this time India were the hosts. The Little Master narrowly missed out on a score of 150, when he got out scoring 142 runs at the K.D. Singh Babu Stadium in Lucknow. Like before, India again managed to pick up a win over the Lankans. (Year 1994)
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Zoom5th century: With what was his first century at home, Sachin scored his highest till then, 165 runs against a visiting English side at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on February 12, 1993. Sachin's century contributed a lot in India winning the match. (Year 1993)
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Zoom1st century: Sachin's maiden Test hundred came against England on August 14, 1990 at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester. Sachin scored an unbeaten 119 helping India draw the match. With this maiden century, he became the second youngest to score a century in Test cricket after Mushtaq Mohammad. 11 years later in 2001/02 season, his record was bettered by Bangladesh's Mohammad Ashraful. (Year 1990)
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