New Delhi. Sachin Tendulkar has undoubtedly been one of the greatest players in the world. Rarely does a player break the century record in his career. Every century of Sachin Tendulkar has been very special for Team India. However, India could not win every match. Today we are going to tell you about Sachin Tendulkar’s 23rd century in ODI career and 42nd century in International career. Which he scored against Sri Lanka in the year 1999 on this day on August 29.
In fact, the year was 1999 when India was participating in the AIWA Cup. The sixth match of this tournament was to be played between India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya won the toss and decided to field. Sachin Tendulkar and Sadagoppan Ramesh came in to open for India. Ramesh got out early after scoring 32 runs. After this, Rahul Dravid also gave his wicket by scoring 13 runs. Now the responsibility of the team has fallen on Sachin and Sourav Ganguly.
Sachin Tendulkar completed his century batting with Sourav Ganguly. He scored a total of 120 runs off 141 balls. It consists of 11 fours and 2 sixes. The same Sourav Ganguly scored 85 runs in 72 balls. In this match, Sachin was caught out by Muttiah Muralitharan off the ball of Nuwan Joysa. However, he managed to score his 23rd ODI century in this match. It was also his 42nd century in his overall international career.
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India won the match
Chasing a target of 297 runs, the Sri Lankan team could score only 247 runs. The result was that the Indian team won the match by 23 runs. The result was derived from the Duckworth-Lewis rule. Indian all-rounder Robin Singh was awarded ‘Player of the Match’ for his brilliant performance.
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First published: August 29, 2023, 07:26 IST