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Sachin Tendulkar was used to breaking information from a really younger age, however on at the present time in 2010, the maestro reached the place no man had gone earlier than. Getting 100 in an ODI was thought of a giant deal for a protracted length within the lifetime of the format – whether or not performed over 60 overs a facet or 50. Sunil Gavaskar scored only one in his profession, that too in his penultimate sport.
Getting a double hundred in 50 overs was thought of a fantasy until Tendulkar did it towards South Africa in Gwalior in 2010. It got here throughout a purple patch in his profession throughout codecs, concluding along with his stellar position within the victorious 2011 World Cup marketing campaign on residence soil. That it got here on the age of 36, off simply 147 balls, provides much more lustre to the achievement. The bowlers within the opposition had been no slouches both, together with the incomparable Dale Steyn, Wayne Parnell, Charl Langeveldt and Jacques Kallis.
Saeed Anwar’s mark of 194, scored towards India in Chennai within the 1997 Independence Cup and matched by Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry in 2009, lastly overhauled.
India had come into the match after edging previous the guests by only a solitary run in Jaipur within the first of three ODIs, Praveen Kumar stopping the guests from getting the ten runs wanted for victory within the last over. Tendulkar made simply 4 earlier than being run out, however he greater than made up three days later on the Captain Roop Singh Stadium.
MS Dhoni received the toss and after the early lack of Virender Sehwag, Tendulkar added 194 runs with Dinesh Karthik in lower than 30 overs, the latter’s contribution being 79 off 85 deliveries. Yusuf Pathan was despatched up the order and it was at this stage that the foot nicely and really hit the accelerator. The stand introduced 81 in lower than eight overs earlier than Dhoni stepped out to offer the innings additional impetus.
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Tendulkar was scoring at a strong tempo all through his knock and reached 191 within the forty fifth over. His private rating may have been something by the top of the innings had it not been for him dealing with solely 9 of the final 30 balls, as Dhoni took a lot of the strike and smashed an unbeaten 68 off 35 balls.
Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his double century within the second one-day worldwide towards South Africa in Gwalior on February 24, 2010. (Specific file photograph by Punit Paranjpe)
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The momentous event needed to wait until the third ball of the fiftieth over when Tendulkar steered Steyn to the sweeper on the off-side for the only wanted to get to 200, earlier than taking off his helmet and taking within the crowd’s adulation. The primary 100 got here off 90 balls whereas the second took solely 57.
Steyn had a humbling day, returning wicketless and conceding 89 runs in his 10 overs. Parnell’s two scalps price him 95. The most effective South African bowler on present was left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe, who later represented the Netherlands, conceding ‘solely’ 62 in his full quota and taking Pathan’s wicket.
I bow right down to the best participant of all time sachin tendulkar. all of us salute you
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 25, 2010
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India completed on 401/3 in 50 overs, a rating nicely past the Proteas’ attain on the day, regardless of AB de Villiers hitting an unbeaten 114 off 101 balls. South Africa had been bowled out for 248 in 42.5 overs as the house workforce sealed the sequence with a 153-run win.
Tendulkar’s feat was of such magnitude that it took even the person himself without warning. “I don’t know how one can react to this,” he mentioned on the post-match presentation.
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By the way, on the identical date 5 years later, Chris Gayle grew to become the primary batsman to hit a double ton within the ODI World Cup when he smashed 215 in Canberra. In reality, Tendulkar’s landmark innings broke a longstanding barrier as there have been 11 different scores of 200 or extra since, together with three by Rohit Sharma. The latter additionally holds the document for the very best particular person rating within the format – 264 towards Sri Lanka in Kolkata in 2014.
However the Little Maestro will all the time be the primary to climb Mount 200.