Tendulkar’s century of centuries at last

DHAKA: Star batsman Sachin Tendulakar set a unique record of scoring one hundred hundreds in all forms of cricket when he reached the three-figures against Bangladesh in the fourth match of the Asia Cup one-day tournament here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Friday.

This was a great moment for which cricket fans were waiting for almost a year as the ‘Little Master’ was in a tremendous pressure to become the first batsman in history to score 100 international centuries.

The hype around Tendulkar's 100th international century began during last year's World Cup, when two hundreds in the group stages put him on 99 international hundreds. However, he failed to get to three figures on India's tour of England, the home series against West Indies and the tour of Australia, and has finally achieved the feat in Bangladesh.

Tendulkar, who turns 39 next month, achieved the feat as he recorded his 49th ODI century while he had already made 51 hundreds Test cricket.

Tendulkar who has been playing for a long period of over 22 years has a number of records in Test and One-day cricket.

The Mumbai batsman, who has played the most number of Tests and One-dayers, has also compiled most runs and centuries in these two forms.