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After making his Test debut in 1989, Tendulkar achieved his first century against England at Old Trafford, Manchester in 1990; he made 119 not out. In Test matches, Tendulkar has scored centuries against all the Test cricket playing nations, and is the second batsman to score 150 against each of them.
On 16 March 2012, Tendulkar accomplished a remarkable feat by scoring his 100th international century in a match against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, held at Mirpur. [263] This was a pioneering achievement, as he became the first cricketer to ever reach this landmark. [ 264 ]
A qualification of 15 overall centuries is used for entry onto the men's list. To date, 127 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries, 83 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries, 44 have scored 30 or more centuries, and 21 have a total of 40 or more centuries.
He was the sport's first batsman to score a double century (200 runs not out) in a single One Day International match, and is so far the only player to have scored 100 centuries in internationals. He played first-class cricket for 26 years and one day, whilst his international career spanned exactly 24 years from 15 November 1989 to 16 November ...
In February 2021, Joe Root played his 100th Test during England's tour of India, in which he became the quickest player to reach that landmark, [3] and the first to score a double century in their 100th Test. [4] Sachin Tendulkar of India is the only cricketer to have played in 200 Test matches, a milestone he reached in his final match, on 13 ...
[23] [24] In men's cricket, the first player to score a double century was India's Sachin Tendulkar. [24] He scored 200 not out against South Africa at Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, on 24 February 2010. [25] After this in 2011 Virender Sehwag scored highest 219 runs against west indies.
This line-graph shows number of international cricket centuries per year scored by Sachin Tendulkar till his 100th on 16th march 2012. Created with Inkscape version 0.48.2 r9819. Data obtained from List of international cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar#List of centuries by year (en.wikipedia)
In cricket, a player is said to have scored a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. Test cricket, the longest version of the game, involves two innings per side in a match. An individual scoring centuries in each innings of a Test match, a feat which is called "Twin centuries," is considered a "milestone" by critics.