On This Day: ‘Little Master’ Sachin Tendulkar had forges history by slashing 100th century of his career

Sachin Tendulkar, who got the reputation of God in the world of cricket, slashed his 100th international century on this day 10 years back. He is the only player to accomplish so. Still, Indian buffs could not enjoy Sachin’s 100th century openly. Bangladesh provided a huge whack to the Indians on this experience.

Today is March 16 is a unique day for Indian cricket. On a similar day, Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th Century, who is hailed the God of Cricket, scored a century against Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur. In this game, Sachin slashed 114 runs in 147 balls. This century was unique and crucial for Sachin, which came to be an extremely crucial record in his pursuit.

Certainly, this century of Sachin was his 100th international century and no player has attained here before him.

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This record of Sachin continues even today, smashing it is an extremely hard chore for any batsman. Sachin Tendulkar is a player with ample centuries in worldwide cricket.

Sachin slashed his 99th century against South Africa during the World Cup on 12 March 2011. Later, Sachin persisted on the sculpture of 99 for a year and four days.

Still, during this moment there were numerous happenings when Sachin could have slashed a century, but he missed every bit.

Then he put together this record in the 2012 Asia Cup game against Bangladesh in his name. With this, he also completed the record of slashing ODI and Test centuries against every full unit.

Speaking about the game of 2012, Sachin Tendulkar had arrived to play the 462nd ODI game of his career. In this game, Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl.

Indian players Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir docked on the seam. But, India got off to a terrible onset. Visitors lost their first wicket at the score of 25 runs.

After the dismissal of Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar along with Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina carried India’s score ahead 250 runs. With this, Sachin Tendulkar also achieved his 100th century. Sachin scored 114 runs in 147 balls in this game.

With the assistance of Sachin’s stunning century and half-centuries from Kohli, Raina, India provided Bangladesh a target of 290 runs. Still, Sachin’s century could not assist India to win this game.