Sachin scripts history
Becomes first to score 200 in one-day cricket
India's Sachin Tendulkar became the first man in the 2,962-match history of one-day internationals to make a double century when he scored 200 not out against South Africa here on Wednesday.
Three Indians -- Tendulkar, current captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and former skipper Sourav Ganguly -- are responsible for four of the largest 11 solo one-day international scores while only Tendulkar and West Indies great Vivian Richards feature in that list twice.
Tendulkar's world record enabled India post a massive 401-3 against the Proteas in the second one-day international at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior.
Zimbabwean Charles Coventry (194 not out) and Pakistan's Saeed Anwar (194) were the joint-record holders for the highest individual score.
Tendulkar, 36, reached the milestone in the last over when he took a single off paceman Charl Langeveldt, much to the delight of the sizeable crowd at the ground.
The veteran Indian opener smashed 25 fours and three sixes in his 147-ball knock for his 46th one-day hundred in the day-night match to boost his team's hopes of clinching the three-match series.
The hosts lead 1-0 following their one-run victory in the previous game in Jaipur on Sunday.India's Sachin Tendulkar became the first man in the 2,962-match history of one-day internationals to make a double century when he scored 200 not out against South Africa here on Wednesday.
Three Indians -- Tendulkar, current captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and former skipper Sourav Ganguly -- are responsible for four of the largest 11 solo one-day international scores while only Tendulkar and West Indies great Vivian Richards feature in that list twice.
Tendulkar's world record enabled India post a massive 401-3 against the Proteas in the second one-day international at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior.
Zimbabwean Charles Coventry (194 not out) and Pakistan's Saeed Anwar (194) were the joint-record holders for the highest individual score.
Tendulkar, 36, reached the milestone in the last over when he took a single off paceman Charl Langeveldt, much to the delight of the sizeable crowd at the ground.
The veteran Indian opener smashed 25 fours and three sixes in his 147-ball knock for his 46th one-day hundred in the day-night match to boost his team's hopes of clinching the three-match series.
The hosts lead 1-0 following their one-run victory in the previous game in Jaipur on Sunday.
Yesterday, as he was leaving the field with his head bowed, he crossed paths with the incoming batsman, captain MS Dhoni, a man who in many ways is set to inherit the mantle of the most celebrated cricketer in the land from Tendulkar. Dhoni would have seen the man that his generation idolised returning dejected, ruing another missed opportunity, and perhaps something stirred in him.
The Indian captain had not scored a single fifty in the entirety of this tournament, but yesterday he was in the 'zone' that great batsmen like Brian Lara and Tendulkar talk about. With Gautam Gambhir, and later Yuvraj Singh, he played a consummate captain's innings, one which Tendulkar himself would have been proud of, and the rest will now be consigned to the annals of history
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