Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has a total of 100 centuries in international cricket . His 100 centuries in international cricket consists of 51 test centuries and 49 ODI hundreds. The master blaster is miles ahead of Australia ricky ponting in this regard.
Tendulkar was born on 24th April 1973 in Mumbai. His parents named him after the famous music director Sachin Dev. India win in the 1983 cricket world cup had stirred his passion for the sport.
His cricketing abilities found direction under his mentor the late Ramakant Achrekar. He had started his career when he was 16 years old. He became the youngest cricketer to play for india .
In 1990 Sachin became India youngest test centurion.
At age 23 Tendulkar became the captain of the Indian cricket team. In 2005 Tendulkar broke Sunil Gavaskar record of most test centuries. In 2010 he was conferred the Indian air force honorary rank of group captain.
His last test century came against South Africa at cape town in 2011. His 46th ODI century was the first instance of a batsman scoring an ODI double century. Tendulkar finally reached his 100th century against Bangladesh in the 2012 Asia cup. It was also his career last century
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