Sachin Tendulkar Total Centuries In ODIs

Sachin Tendulkar is not just a word it's an emotion of the people, which the cricket fans have lived for 24 long years. The God of Indian Cricket has represented the Indian team from 1989 to 2013, where he has broken several milestones in international cricket, from scoring the most runs to having 100 centuries. No doubt! Tendulkar was the pride of India, which made him get the Bharat Ratna award and Wisdons Crickets of the Year in 2010 and 2014.

Mater Blaster was one of the greatest batsmen in the cricketing world, having the most numbers of runs in international cricket in all three formats of the game with 34357 runs in 664 matches with an average of 48 having 100 hundred and 164 half-centuries to his name. If we talk about Sachin Tendulkar Stats in one format, which Tendulkar played the most in his 24 years of career was the 50 overs format, where he has played a total of 464 ODIs for Men in Blue, scoring 18426 runs with an average of 46, having 1 double hundred and 49 hundred to his name. Throwing light on this, we will take you through Master Blaster's 53best centuries in the ODI format.

1. 110 vs Australia in 1994

After proving himself in the test series against New Zealand, Pakistan and West Indies by performing well and being the highest run scorer for the Indian team. Tendulkar, scored his first maiden century in ODI format on September 9, 1994, against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo. It was a special one as Tendulkar was playing ODI cricket for 5 years, at that time and unable to convert his knocks into hundreds. However, on that day, everything went well for the GOD as he scored 110 off 130 balls, helping India to win by 31 runs.

2. 137 vs Sri Lanka in the 1996 Cricket World Cup

Sachin was playing his second 50 overs World Cup after 1992, where he was in sublime form by being the highest run scorer of the marquee event. Sachin performed brilliantly during this event scoring 523 runs in 7 games with an average of 87, having 2 hundreds and 3 half-centuries to his name. Despite Tendulkar's incredible efforts, India lost in the semi-finals against Sri Lanka, which made fans angry after India's performance and Sri Lanka were declared winners. However, Tendulkar's performance was appreciated by many former cricketers as he was the only one from the Indian team who scored the most runs.

One innings that was remembered by every cricket fan till now was a knock of 137 runs against Sri Lanka in Delhi. It came when the Indian team were chasing a target of 271 runs in 50 overs and India were 2 wickets down on the score of 93 runs. Tendulkar made a solid partnership of 173 runs with captain Mohammed Azharuddin to help the Indian team win the match by 6 wickets.

3. 143 runs vs Australia in 1996

Who can forget Sachin's knock of 134 runs against Australia in Sharjah when he smashed the Australian bowlers out of the ground, after which it was called as the Desert Storm knock for the Master Blaster?

India was taking part in the Coca-Cola Cup in the triangular series between Australia, New Zealand and India. Before this match, India had won just one out of their three games, and New Zealand had won only one out of their four games and looked pretty much out of the tournament, clinging, on to net run rate as their last hope. So this match was extremely important for the Indian team if they wanted to alive in the series.

India was required to chase 285 runs in 50 overs in front of a strong  Australian bowling attack. While chasing the target, the Indian team lost opening batsman Sourav Ganguly and Wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Mongia on the score for 35 runs in the 22nd over of the game when the score was 107. During this match, the Master Blaster was looking in great touch when he was seen hitting the Australian bowlers before a sandstorm came and disrupted the match for half an hour, due to which the target was revised and now the Indian team were required 274 in 46 overs. 

Tendulkar played an incredible knock of 131 runs in 143 balls that included 9 fours and 5 sixes against the mighty Australian bowling attack of Shane Warner and Michael Kasprowicz. However, India lost the match as Tendulkar got out in the 43rd, overtaking the Indian team to a score of 242, where the Indian team were required to 34 in 18 balls with 5 wickets remaining as the rest of the players were unable to score runs and lost the match by 26 runs.

Apart from these 3 knocks, Sachin Played several match-winning knocks for the Indian team, which we can't describe whether it's his first double hundred against South Africa in Gwalior or his century in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, where he he returned to the World Cup, scoring a century (140 not out of 101 balls) in his very next match against Kenya in Bristol. He dedicated the century to his father, who passed away during the Main Event.

We have another article on who is the best batsman in the world between Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar, as one is a legend who has represented the Indian cricket team for 24 long years, whereas the other is the next-generation batsman who has dominated the game by scoring the most runs in all the three formats.