Sachin Tendulkar cracks 45th Test hundred

Sachin Tendulkar reached yet another milestone on Monday when he completed his 45th Test century as India tightened their grip on the second Test against Bangladesh on Monday.

Tendulkar went into the match having amassed 13,091 runs from 163 Tests at an average of 55.00 with the help of 44 centuries and 54 half centuries.

Tendulkar was dropped on 27 by Raqibul Hasan at gully off seamer Rubel Hossain before reaching his half-century with a firmly driven four off paceman Shahadat Hossain.

He scored his 44th century against Bangladesh in the first Test at Chittagong. Sachin Tendulkar alongwith his partner Rahul Dravid also shared a world record 17th 100-plus partnership during the course of reaching his century.

Tendulkar and Dravid's 100-run partnership for the third wicket came in 25.3 overs and included 10 boundaries.

The Indian pair, who has now 17 100-plus partnerships, went past Australians Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting and the West Indian pair of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes who have 16 such stands.

His record is equally impressive in ODIs with the batting great piling up a record 17,394 runs from 440 One-dayers, averaging 44.60 and including 45 centuries and 93 half centuries.

Tendulkar, Dravid share world record 100-plus partnership

Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid shared a world record 17th 100-plus partnership as India reached a formidable 301 for two at tea on the second day of the second cricket Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur on Monday.

At the break, Tendulkar and Dravid were batting on 89 and 79 respectively as India took a first innings 68-run lead over the home team on a flat Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium pitch which though saw a few balls keeping low.

The Indian duo's 100-plus partnership came after the drinks break in the post-lunch session when Tendulkar also reached his 55th Test fifty in his 164th match, driving past extra cover for a four.

Tendulkar and Dravid's 100-run partnership for the third wicket came in 25.3 overs and included 10 boundaries. The Indian pair now has 17 100-plus partnerships. They went past Australians Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting and the West Indian pair of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes who have 16 such stands.

With the two senior-most Indian batsmen holding forth, the Bangladesh bowlers had to toil hard without any success in the 31 overs they bowled in the post-lunch session which saw the visitors adding 124 runs.

India had added 108 runs from the 25 overs they faced in the morning.

Tendulkar and Dravid cut off any risk and rotated strike by taking mostly singles though they opened up towards the tea break with Tendulkar hitting two consecutive fours off Mahmdaullah Riyad and Mohammad Ashraful.

Sachin hits his 44th Test hundred

A day after his 13 000-run landmark, Tendulkar gets another Test century

Sachin Tendulkar, who became the first Test cricketer to pass 13000 runs on Sunday, followed this up a day later with his 44th Test century.

Sachin Tendulkar, India's genius batsman, who is also called the 'Little Master', is a modest hero who is loved by at least a billion people

Tendulkar ended unbeaten on 105 as India struggled to a first innings of 243 all out, just before lunch on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.

Tendulkar batted under huge pressure when his team desperately needed runs following a below-par batting performance against a disciplined Bangladeshi attack on Sunday.

India's previous lowest total in a completed innings against Bangladesh was 429, in Dhaka in 2000.

India, reeling at 213/8 in their first innings on Sunday, lost their remaining two wickets in fewer than eight overs yesterday morning, with left-arm spinner Shakib al-Hasan and fast bowler Shahadat Hossain finishing with five wickets apiece.

Shakib grabbed 5/62 for his sixth haul of five or more wickets in Tests and Shahadat took 5/71 for his third.

Tendulkar, who had only the tail-enders Ishant Sharma and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth to keep him company, went for shots early in the morning in pursuit of his century.

He pulled Shahadat for a four in the first over after play started 90 minutes late because of fog and then hoisted Shakib over long-on for a six.

Tendulkar, 76 overnight, was on 93 when last-man Sreesanth joined him and completed his century with two successive fours off Shahadat. His 166-ball knock included two sixes and 11 fours.

Tendulkar crosses 13,000 Test runs

Sachin Tendulkar quietly reached yet another milestone when he became the first batsman to score 13,000 Test runs here today.

The highest run accumulator in both the Test and ODI versions of the game went into the first Test needing 30 runs to reach the milestone. Batting on 28, Tendulkar pulled Mahmudullah in the 36th over and the ball raced to the rope to bring up his 13000 runs in Tests in the 36th over.

The batsman acknowledged the applause from the sporting crowd of the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. In the dressing room, coach Gary Kirsten was also seen clapping.

As if to celebrate the feat, Tendulkar drove the next ball through covers for another four.

Tendulkar’s wait for the feat could have been longer had Imrul Kayes been able to hold on to the catch he nearly took in the slip off Shafiul Islam when the batsman was on 16.

The clanger allowed Tendulkar to amble towards his 55th Test fifty as he stood tall amid ruins, remaining unbeaten after a 140-ball 76.

Tendulkar went into the match having amassed 12,970 runs from 162 Tests at an average of 54.72 with the help of 43 centuries and 54 half centuries.

His record is equally impressive in ODIs with the batting great piling up a record 17,394 runs from 440 one-dayers, averaging 44.71 and including 45 centuries and 93 half centuries.