Tendulkar Equals Bradman’s 29 century.
Hats of to Him.
I was wondering at thsi rate how much century will he score??
Any guesses guys???
45,50,60???
I prefer Ganguly and Ajay. They are the main key players in Indian Cricket Team. Tendulkar comes in a thrid position. Anyways, he might cross more than 60 centuries if India continues to play with England, Kenya, West Indies
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Here is something for your reference
Team No of Test Century
v Australia 15 6
v Bangladesh 1 0
v England 12 5
v New Zealand 12 3
v Pakistan 7 1
v South Africa 14 3
v Sri Lanka 13 6
v West Indies 10 2
v Zimbabwe 9 3
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Tendulkar matches Bradman and steers India to 262
Fri Apr 19, 6:28 PM ET
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) - Sachin Tendulkar equalled Australian great Don Bradman's achievement by scoring his 29th test century as India piled up 262 for four on the first day of the second test against West Indies on Friday.
The 28-year-old Tendulkar, who was unbeaten on 113, reached the landmark in his 93rd test, cutting paceman Cameron Cuffy to third-man for a couple.
He threw his head back, looked up at the skies and raised both his hands in the air to celebrate.
Bradman, however, achieved his test centuries in just 52 matches. Only former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, with 34 tons in 125 tests, has crossed three figures more times.
Tendulkar also holds the test centuries record in one-day internationals with 31.
He hammered 14 fours and shared in a 124-run stand for the third wicket with Rahul Dravid, who scored 67 after India, asked to bat first on a well-grassed track, lost both openers for 38.
Captain Saurav Ganguly continued to struggle, scoring 25 before he was caught at mid-off while giving off-spinner Carl Hooper the charge. Vangipurappu Laxman was on 24.
India left out leg-spinner Anil Kumble, their most successful current bowler with 318 wickets in 69 tests, going in with three pacemen -- Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra -- and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who missed the first test due to a shoulder injury.
India have not won a test series outside south Asia since beating England in 1985-86, while West Indies are looking to bounce back from two straight test series losses.
The first test at Georgetown ended in a draw.
Good performance by Tendulkur, but I prefer Dravid as a better away player.
Tendulkar, no competition, simply the best...
The only problem is that Im sure he does not enjoy so much pressure as he has to lift the indian batting single handedly. If the other batsman complete their share, I wouldnt be surprised if Tendulkar scores 10 more centuries than what we may expect right now.
Hats off to the little master, and a great sportsman.
Where’s the reference of Kenya
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**Good performance by Tendulkur, but I prefer Dravid as a better away player.
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Agreed.Dravid's away avererage is 56.5 where as tendulkar's is 54.
For that matter I dont think there is any cricketter today who has better away record that Dravid. Is there anY?I would like to know..
I guess you dont know that Kenya doesnt play Test cricket??
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** I guess you dont know that Kenya doesnt play Test cricket??
Hasn’t India ever played ODI with Kenya
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Sorry buddy, I was talking about ODI here, not Test match.
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** Agreed.Dravid's away avererage is 56.5 where as tendulkar's is 54.
For that matter I dont think there is any cricketter today who has better away record that Dravid. Is there anY?I would like to know..
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Yes there is only one batsman who has a higher average abroad
Adam Gilchrist 63.58
Thanks for Info.
thx for sharing ...
hope our cricketer break the record.
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Sachin Tendulkar is thrilled that his name will be written alongside Donald Bradman's in the list of highest test centurions but is convinced that the Australian remains the sport's greatest batsman.
The 28-year-old from Bombay equalled Bradman's tally of 29 test centuries of the first day of the second test against West Indies, scoring an unbeaten 113 to guide his team to 262 for four at close of play.
Only India's Sunil Gavaskar, with 34 tons in 125 tests, has crossed the three-figure mark more times.
"It will be great just to see my name next to Sir Don's when they show the number of hundreds scored," Tendulkar said.
"It feels fantastic to equal his number of hundreds, but nobody can match Sir Don," he said. "I think that is something accepted all over the world."
Tendulkar reached the landmark in his 93rd test, while Bradman, widely regarded as the greatest batsman in history, notched up his total in just 52 matches at an average of 99.94.
Tendulkar dedicated the latest century to his deceased father and said the fact that the runs had come in the West Indies, where he had never scored a hundred before, was the icing on the cake.
"I dedicate this achievement to my father, he would have loved to have witnessed it," he said.
"It was my dream to score a hundred in the West Indies. The last time when I was here, I narrowly missed out on three hundreds so this time I was determined to get one.
Tendulkar holds the record for the most centuries in one-day internationals with 31.
His test average moved above 59 with this century and he said he was happy to keep it climbing.
"Its great that I've been able to maintain a good average. I just want to continue...do less talking and more batting."
AIMING HIGHER
But how many more centuries does Tendulkar aim to score?
"I want to go as far as I can," he said. "When I started playing cricket, I never thought about how far I was going to go.
I just want to go out there and enjoy playing. I always set goals for myself but I don't like to disclose them."
Tendulkar had been struggling early in his innings on Friday and was fortunate to survive against a fired up West Indian attack on a grassy pitch.
"If your feet are not moving well or your timing is out, you have to be patient to get your eye in...that's what I did," Tendulkar said.
"I played well in the first test at Georgetown but it's a different match and a different wicket. Everything cannot be the same everyday and you just have to adjust."
India had lost both their openers for 38 when Tendulkar walked in to bat and he steadied the innings with a 124-run stand with Rahul Dravid, who scored 67.
"Cricket has never been easy and this morning we lost a couple of early wickets," he said.
"It was important that Rahul and I stayed in.
"A good partnership was very important at that stage and we kept reminding each other that we had to hang around and pounce on loose deliveries."
Tendulkar said he would now like to build on his innings.
"When you're scoring runs you want more, and I'd like to add to my total tomorrow and put the team in a better position."
I don't think he should be thrilled, he is way above Don Bradman in every aspect of cricket, he is a much better batsman than Bradman in anyday and anywhere in the world.
Sacin amongst TIMES ASIA’s top 25. http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/heroes/sachin.html
I think this is the second time he is on TIMES ASIA Cover.
Only other sportsman to make into the list is WANG ZHIZHI from China who plays for Dallas MAVs.
Congratulations Sachin !!
AK
A solid batsmen and of course congraz to HIM
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One thing that niether Gavaskar and Tendulkar were able to do was the fact that Bradmans centuries came in nearly half the test matches it took tendulkar and gavaskar. So Bradman cannot be replaced as the greatest...
Tendulkar got a 0 in the 2nd innings, that was a bit disspointing.
Yes...Agreed No one can be as good as Bradman.
But if it comes to some one very close to Bradman then Tendular will definitly be one of them..
We know he got out at ZERO.Its cricket .It happens one cannot expect a 50 or 100 everytime he bats.
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