Sachin Tendulkar is a retired Indian cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, [1] [2] he is the most prolific run-scorer in international cricket. [3] Tendulkar has scored the highest number of centuries (100 or more runs) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches organised by the International Cricket Council. His total of 51 centuries in Test matches is a world record for highest number of centuries by a batsman and his 49 centuries in ODI matches are the second highest number of centuries after Virat Kohli. [4] [5] He became the first and only cricketer to score 100 international centuries when he made 114 against Bangladesh in March 2012. [3]
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. [lower-alpha 1] [6] He has scored a century in at least one cricket ground of all Test cricket playing nations, except Zimbabwe. In October 2010, Tendulkar went past Brian Lara's record of 19 scores of 150 or more by hitting his 20th against Australia in Bangalore. He made his highest score in 2004, when he made 248 not out against Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka. Tendulkar has scored six double centuries and remained unbeaten on 15 occasions. His centuries have come in 30 different cricket grounds, with 27 of them being scored in venues outside India. Tendulkar has been dismissed nine times between scores of 90 and 99. [7]
Although Tendulkar made his ODI debut in 1989 it took him five years to make his first century in the format. He made 110 against Australia in the third match of the Singer World Series at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo in September 1994. In ODIs, Tendulkar has scored centuries against 11 different opponents. He has scored centuries against all cricketing nations that have permanent One Day International status. He was the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs, which he scored against South Africa at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior in 2010. [lower-alpha 2] He has scored 19 ODI centuries in India, compared to 30 in away or neutral venues. Seven of these centuries were hit at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium. He has been dismissed 18 times between the score of 90 and 99 and 17 times between the score of 80 and 89. [9]
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
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1 | 110† | Australia | 2 | 1 | 84.61 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Neutral | 9 September 1994 | Won | [63] |
2 | 115† | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 84.55 | IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara | Home | 28 October 1994 | Won | [64] |
3 | 105 | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 78.35 | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | Home | 11 November 1994 | Won | [65] |
4 | 112* † | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 104.67 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 9 April 1995 | Won | [66] |
5 | 127* † | Kenya | 2 | 2 | 92.02 | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack | Home | 18 February 1996 | Won | [67] |
6 | 137 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 100.00 | Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi | Home | 2 March 1996 | Lost | [68] |
7 | 100 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 90.09 | Padang, Singapore | Neutral | 5 April 1996 | Lost | [69] |
8 | 118† | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 84.28 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 15 April 1996 | Won | [70] |
9 | 110‡ | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 79.71 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 28 August 1996 | Lost | [71] |
10 | 114‡† | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 90.47 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Home | 14 December 1996 | Won | [72] |
11 | 104‡† | Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 107.21 | Willowmoore Park, Benoni | Neutral | 9 February 1997 | Won | [73] |
12 | 117‡† | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 85.40 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Home | 14 May 1997 | Won | [74] |
13 | 100† | Australia | 2 | 2 | 112.35 | Green Park Stadium, Kanpur | Home | 7 April 1998 | Won | [75] |
14 | 143† | Australia | 2 | 2 | 109.16 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 22 April 1998 | Lost | [76] |
15 | 134† | Australia | 2 | 2 | 102.29 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 24 April 1998 | Won | [77] |
16 | 100* † | Kenya | 2 | 2 | 97.08 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Home | 31 May 1998 | Won | [78] |
17 | 128† | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 97.70 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 7 July 1998 | Won | [79] |
18 | 127* † | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 97.69 | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Away | 26 September 1998 | Won | [80] |
19 | 141† | Australia | 2 | 1 | 110.15 | Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka | Neutral | 28 October 1998 | Won | [81] |
20 | 118* † | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 105.35 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 8 November 1998 | Won | [82] |
21 | 124* † | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 134.78 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 13 November 1998 | Won | [83] |
22 | 140* † | Kenya | 4 | 1 | 138.61 | County Ground, Bristol | Neutral | 23 May 1999 | Won | [84] |
23 | 120‡ | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 85.10 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Away | 29 August 1999 | Won | [85] |
24 | 186* ‡† | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 124.00 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad | Home | 8 November 1999 | Won | [86] |
25 | 122† | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 88.40 | IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara | Home | 17 March 2000 | Won | [87] |
26 | 101† | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 72.14 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 20 October 2000 | Lost | [88] |
27 | 146 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 95.42 | Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur | Home | 8 December 2000 | Lost | [89] |
28 | 139† | Australia | 2 | 1 | 111.20 | Nehru Stadium, Indore | Home | 31 March 2001 | Won | [90] |
29 | 122* † | West Indies | 2 | 2 | 93.12 | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Neutral | 4 July 2001 | Won | [91] |
30 | 101 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 78.29 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Away | 5 October 2001 | Lost | [92] |
31 | 146† | Kenya | 2 | 1 | 110.60 | Boland Park, Paarl | Neutral | 24 October 2001 | Won | [93] |
32 | 105* | England | 4 | 1 | 97.22 | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | Away | 4 July 2002 | No result | [94] |
33 | 113† | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 110.78 | County Ground, Bristol | Neutral | 11 July 2002 | Won | [95] |
34 | 152† | Namibia | 2 | 1 | 100.66 | City Oval, Pietermaritzburg | Neutral | 23 February 2003 | Won | [96] |
35 | 100† | Australia | 2 | 1 | 84.03 | Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior | Home | 26 October 2003 | Won | [97] |
36 | 102 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 112.08 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad | Home | 15 November 2003 | Won | [98] |
37 | 141† | Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 104.44 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Away | 16 March 2004 | Lost | [99] |
38 | 123 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 94.61 | Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad | Home | 12 April 2005 | Lost | [100] |
39 | 100 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 88.49 | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar | Away | 6 February 2006 | Lost | [101] |
40 | 141* | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 95.27 | Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur | Neutral | 14 September 2006 | Lost | [102] |
41 | 100* | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 131.57 | IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara | Home | 31 January 2007 | Won | [103] |
42 | 117* † | Australia | 1 | 2 | 97.50 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Away | 2 March 2008 | Won | [104] |
43 | 163* † | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 122.55 | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | Away | 8 March 2009 | Won | [105] |
44 | 138† | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 103.75 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 14 September 2009 | Won | [106] |
45 | 175† | Australia | 2 | 2 | 124.11 | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | Home | 5 November 2009 | Lost | [107] |
46 | 200* † | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 136.05 | Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior | Home | 24 February 2010 | Won | [108] |
47 | 120 | England | 2 | 1 | 104.34 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Home | 27 February 2011 | Tied | [109] |
48 | 111 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 109.90 | VCA Stadium, Nagpur | Home | 12 March 2011 | Lost | [110] |
49 | 114 | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 77.55 | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur | Away | 16 March 2012 | Lost | [111] |
Total | Won | Win % | Lost | Lost% | Tie | Tie% | Draw | Draw% | NR | NR% | |
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Test | 51 | 20 | 39.22% | 11 | 21.56% | 0 | 0% | 20 | 39.22% | 0 | 0% |
ODI | 49 | 33 | 67.35% | 14 | 28.57% | 1 | 2.04% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 2.04% |
Total | 100 | 53 | 53% | 25 | 25% | 1 | 1% | 20 | 20% | 1 | 1% |
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