Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score a double century in One-Day Internationals, accomplishing the feat in the second one-dayer against South Africa [ Images ] in Gwalior on Wednesday.
The master batsman, who holds the record for most runs and centuries in Test (13,447) and one-day (17,398) cricket, scored 200 not out off 147 balls as India [ Images ] amassed 401-3 in 50 overs.
His previous best was an unbeaten 186 against New Zealand [ Images ], at Hyderabad, in 1999.
Tendulkar, who registered his 46th ODI century in the process, got to 200 with a single off Charl Langeveldt in the final over of the game, having earlier broken the World record for the highest individual innings, of 194, jointly held by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry.
Anwar rattled up that total against India in May 1997 while Coventry hit 194 not out against Bangladesh last year.
Join us in congratulating the Indian ace on becoming the first man to breach the 200-run mark in 39 years of One-Day Internationals, since its inception in 1971.
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6 comments:
I am blown away by the matter-of-factness and humility in the man! He is a true hero.
I am glad that Sachin was the one to achieve the feat. He is really India's pride. Congrats to Tendulkar !
PS : Will probably catch the highlights, since i missed the match :-(
Congratulations to Sachin on this amazing achievement! It's absolutely incredible how he manages to have that hunger for excellence even after so many years. What is even more astounding is the fact that inspite of two long decades of living under full public and media glare, he has never once slipped up either on or off the field and is modesty personified! He has truly lived upto his iconic status and is an inspiration to one and all !
THE UNSEEN STATS BEHIND SACHIN"S 200
From Asfaq: As of writing this tweet, Tendulkar’s Wikipedia entry has gone thru 24 edits in the last 45 minutes alone.
Gautam John: 3/10 trending topics on twitter are dedicted to Sachin! This is history! Not even obama could do it! Not even apple or google!
Twitter, in fact, is proving to be an invaluable adjunct to following any event live. Consider the following posts — a brief selection that measures the public pulse during those pulsating moments when we realized that we were witness to cricketing history in the making:
Lahar Appaiah: First time I’ve seen Dhoni getting booed for hitting 6s. What exquisite tension, the last few overs..
From Shane Warne, who flooded Twitter timelines during the run up to the record:
#come on Sachin my friend get your 200 !!!! world record to please ! you deserve it !!!!!!
#nervous for my good friend Sachin everything crossed for you mate !!!! ps glad I’m not bowling to him today!about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck
#yes yes yes !!!!!! well done Sachin my friend … congrats and well done !!!!! awesome …
From Anand Mahindra, head of the eponymous business house: On my way to ndtv Indian of the year awards.But wonder if any other indian matters tonight after sachin’s double ton…
From Ashu Mittal, whose creative space is photography and who is a self-confessed cricket atheist: Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting, they will go unnoticed, because even the Lord is watching!
As for the innings itself — and the man who shattered yet another seemingly impregnable barrier — what can you say?
So many of us have spent a decade and more in anticipation, telling ourselves that if there was one man who could shatter the 200 mark in the one day format, it was Sachin. ‘If he bats through 50 overs just once…’, we kept telling ourselves. And each time he got out, we cursed the very exuberance of strokeplay that made him what he was.
‘Dammit, did he have to play that risky shot when, with a bit of caution…’
Typically, we wanted it both ways. We wanted the visceral thrill of watching Sachin script murder; simultaneously, we wanted the adrenalin to flow a tad less tumultuously, for caution to temper that unbridled aggression.
Speaking for myself, I’d given up that dream. While I still enjoyed the spectacle of watching Sachin bat at any venue, against any opposition, in any form of the game, I no longer believed he had it in him to match aggression with endurance. As age caught up with him, as he shifted from hunter to circumspect gatherer, I signed over that unfulfilled promise, and looked to others — a Virender Sehwag, say — to plant a flag on the peak I had so hopefully earmarked for him.
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Perhaps the comment that best summed up the collective mood came from a colleague and friend who, on Twitter, goes by the handle Sumantics:
“If I had a salwar suit in our tri-colour, I would have worn it to work tomorrow.”
A comment from a fan (on Neo Sports) that I immensely enjoyed:
“God wanted to play cricket and that is how Sachin was born!”
Even atheists will agree that Sachin is the God of cricket.
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