A day after Sachin Tendulkar became the first man to hit 14,000 runs in Test cricket, the maestro followed it up with a cracking 49th Test hundred and 95th ton overall on day three of the second Test against Australia here on Monday.
This is Tendulkar's 11th Test hundred against Australia and the sixth in nine Test matches this year. He was unlucky to miss out on a ton in the first Test at Mohali when he was dismissed on 98, but this time he made no mistakes.
Tendulkar brough up his hundred with a six off Nathan Hauritz. He took 157 balls to get to the mark.
Sachin, who came into the middle on Sunday after the fall of Rahul Dravid's wicket and with the scoreboard at 38/2, has already put up a 150-plus partnership with opener Murali Vijay, who played the anchor role to perfection.
This is Tendulkar's second Test hundred at this ground and he now shares the record for most centuries in Bangalore with Mohammad Azharuddin and Sunil Gavaskar.
Australian Ricky Ponting, the nearest competitor in this race, is in second place with 39 Test hundreds.
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