Sachin - completes the magic !!

The 100th ton has come – everyone is happy – still I maintain that this is no record – you don’t combine two different forms to count for something statistically !!

Yet for many this was no match – they were not seeing India play to beat Bangaldesh  - it was all about Sachin – every run was cheered and there was expectations ranting the air.   Today a few minutes ago, at Mirpur, Sachin made the unprecedented landmark – hungry for 33 international innings, came the 49^th ODI century.  May not the best of his – but still a century, that too coming after quite a few matches and lot many words spoken  by many critics – now Sachin is good for a few more, perhaps expect one or two in this tournament itself.

If some one were to rave that this came against lowly Bangladesh – it is Sachin’s only century against Bangaldesh – most have come against major Nations in tougher times.

Opposition	Mat	Runs	HS	100
v Australia	71	1159	175	9
v Bangladesh	12	114	114	1
v Bermuda	1	-	-	-
v England	37	225	120	2
v Ireland	2	-	-	-
v Kenya	10	513	146	4
v Namibia	1	152	152	1
v Netherlands	2	-	-	-
v New Zealand	42	683	186*	5
v Pakistan	68	582	141	5
v South Africa	57	648	200*	5
v Sri Lanka	84	959	138	8
v U.A.E.	2	-	-	-
v West Indies	39	468	141*	4
v Zimbabwe	34	619	146	5
Total				49

……  the fact that in  One dayers,  Sachin Tendulkar has been out in the 90s on 17 occasions. That would have given his fans a good mighty pressure when he was in 90s this time. 

So it is Sachin, Sachin….. the day has arrived ! – the little Master in thick of action – he has done this before and would repeat more……….  – as some one jocularly remarked, a decade after – Virat Kohli might retire, and Sachin would be there to make a statement that ‘Virat would be missed in the dressing room’.  Love to watch Sachin in cruise mode and play his natural game just longer……. 

Now when it combined to centuries, Sachin is way ahead as could be seen from the next 10…………….. so many Asians out there…

Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100
sachin Tendulkar	651	763	33854	248*	49.06	100
Ricky Ponting	554	657	27305	257	46.51	71
Jack Kallis	488	579	24383	224	50.17	59
Brian Lara	430	521	22358	400*	46.28	53
Rahul Dravid	509	605	24208	270	45.41	48
Mahela Jayawardene	535	598	21630	374	39.68	45
Sanath Jayasuriya	586	651	21032	340	34.14	42
K Sangakkara	463	516	20696	287	44.22	41
M Hayden	273	348	15066	380	47.67	40
Mohd Yusuf	381	432	17300	223	45.52	39

With regards – S. Sampathkumar.