Sachin Tendulkar played for India, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, he is the most prolific run-scorer in international cricket. 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. He became the first and only cricketer to score 100 international centuries when he made 114 against Bangladesh in March 2012.
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. 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.
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. 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.
Key * Remained not out Captain of India in that match Man of the match
List of Test cricket centuries
+ Test centuries scored by Sachin Tendulkar Score Against Venue 1 * 6 4 2 Old Trafford, Manchester Away Drawn 2 * 6 2 3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away Drawn 3 4 2 5 WACA Ground, Perth Away Lost 4 4 2 2 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away Drawn 5 4 1 2 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home Won 6 * 4 3 2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away Won 7 4 1 1 K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow Home Won 8 4 1 2 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Home Drawn 9 4 3 1 Edgbaston, Birmingham Away Lost 10 4 1 3 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away Drawn 11 5 2 2 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away Lost 12 4 1 1 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away Drawn 13 4 2 2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away Drawn 14 5 1 3 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home Drawn 15 * 4 3 1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home Won 16 4 1 3 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Home Lost 17 5 3 2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away Lost 18 4 4 1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home Lost 19 * 4 3 2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away Drawn 20 * 4 3 1 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Home Drawn 21 4 1 3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Home Drawn 22 4 2 2 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away Lost 23 4 2 1 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi Home Won 24 * 4 1 2 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Home Drawn 25 4 2 3 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home Won 26 4 1 1 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Away Lost 27 4 2 2 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home Drawn 28 4 2 1 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Home Won 29 4 1 2 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away Won 30 4 1 3 Headingley, Leeds Away Won 31 4 3 3 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home Drawn 32 * 4 1 4 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away Drawn 33 * 4 1 1 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Away Won 34 * 4 2 1 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Away Won 35 4 1 2 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi Home Won 36 4 1 1 Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong Away Drawn 37 * 4 1 2 Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Away Won 38 * 4 2 2 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away Lost 39 4 1 4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away Drawn 40 4 1 4 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Home Won 41 * 4 4 1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home Won 42 4 2 1 Seddon Park, Hamilton Away Won 43 * 5 3 1 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home Drawn 44 * 4 1 1 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Away Won 45 4 2 2 Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Away Won 46 4 3 1 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Home Lost 47 4 2 2 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home Won 48 4 2 2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away Drawn 49 4 2 2 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Home Won 50 * 5 3 1 SuperSport Park, Centurion Away Lost 51 4 2 3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away Drawn
List of ODI centuries
+ ODI centuries scored by Sachin Tendulkar Score Against Venue 1 2 1 84.61 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Neutral Won 2 2 2 84.55 IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Home Won 3 2 1 78.35 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Home Won 4 * 2 2 104.67 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 5 * 2 2 92.02 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Home Won 6 2 1 100.00 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Home Lost 7 2 1 90.09 Padang, Singapore Neutral Lost 8 2 1 84.28 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 9 2 1 79.71 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away Lost 10 1 1 90.47 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home Won 11 1 1 107.21 Willowmoore Park, Benoni Neutral Won 12 2 2 85.40 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Home Won 13 2 2 112.35 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Home Won 14 2 2 109.16 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Lost 15 2 2 102.29 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 16 * 2 2 97.08 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home Won 17 2 1 97.70 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away Won 18 * 2 2 97.69 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won 19 2 1 110.15 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Neutral Won 20 * 2 2 105.35 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 21 * 2 2 134.78 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 22 * 4 1 138.61 County Ground, Bristol Neutral Won 23 1 1 85.10 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away Won 24 * 2 1 124.00 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Home Won 25 2 2 88.40 IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Home Won 26 2 1 72.14 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Lost 27 2 1 95.42 Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur Home Lost 28 2 1 111.20 Nehru Stadium, Indore Home Won 29 * 2 2 93.12 Harare Sports Club, Harare Neutral Won 30 2 1 78.29 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away Lost 31 2 1 110.60 Boland Park, Paarl Neutral Won 32 * 4 1 97.22 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Away No result 33 4 1 110.78 County Ground, Bristol Neutral Won 34 2 1 100.66 City Oval, Pietermaritzburg Neutral Won 35 2 1 84.03 Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Home Won 36 2 1 112.08 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Home Won 37 2 2 104.44 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Away Lost 38 2 1 94.61 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Home Lost 39 2 1 88.49 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Away Lost 40 * 2 1 95.27 Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Neutral Lost 41 * 4 1 131.57 IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Home Won 42 * 1 2 97.50 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away Won 43 * 2 1 122.55 AMI Stadium, Christchurch Away Won 44 1 1 103.75 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away Won 45 2 2 124.11 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Home Lost 46 * 2 1 136.05 Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Home Won 47 2 1 104.34 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Home Tied 48 2 1 109.90 VCA Stadium, Nagpur Home Lost 49 2 1 77.55 Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Away Lost
Tendulkar's centuries and match results for India TotalWonWin %LostLost%TieTie%DrawDraw%NRNR%Test512039.22%1121.56%00%2039.22%00%ODI493367.35%1428.57%12.04%00%12.04%Total1005353%2525%11%2020%11%
Team wise record
+ Centuries against different nations Opponent Test ODITotal 11 920 5 16 7 29 – 44 – 11 4 59 2 57 7 512 9 817 3 47 3 58Total 51 49100
See also List of career achievements by Sachin Tendulkar List of cricketers by number of international centuries scored Player of the Match awards (cricket) List of One Day International cricket records List of Test cricket records
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