sachin 100

Sachin 100

71. Century 71
Match : India V Bangladesh
Venue : Bilateral test series, 2004 at Dhaka Bangladesh

Sachin smashed an unbeaten 248 as the team scored 526 and pushed the Bangladesh team to the corner. Bangladesh was bundled out for just 202 in its second innings. Sachin's 248 came from nearly 10 hours and had 35 classy hits to the fence. India won the match by an innings and 140 runs.
72. Century 72
Match : India V Pakistan
Venue : Bilateral ODI series, 2005 at Ahmedabad, India

Sachin blasted 123 off 130 balls as India raced to 315, which on most surfaces is a match-winning one. Pakistan had other ideas though with almost everyone at the top of the order contributing their bit. It was a close contest but at the end Pakistan won it by 3 wickets.
73. Century 73
Match : India V Sri Lanka
Venue : Bilateral test series, 2005 at Delhi India

Sachin was the lone centurion in the test, which was in the balance for long periods before India marched ahead in the late stages. India depended on Sachin's patient 109 (took 5 hours) to muster 290 in their first essay. Sri Lanka failed to capitalise on a good start to their chase and collapsed from 175 for 2 to just 230 all out. That turned the match on its head and India finished as the winning side
74. Century 74
Match : India V Pakistan
Venue : Bilateral ODI series, 2006 at Peshawar, Pakistan

Sachin got a century in the first ODI but India failed to defend 305 from 47 overs. But, the team went on to win the remaining four ODIs in the series to wrap it up 4-1.
75. Century 75
Match : India V West Indies
Venue : Tri-series in Kuala Lumpur featuring India, Australia and West Indies

It was one of those occasions when Sachin carried the bat through the 50 overs of an ODI inning. He made 141 from 148 balls with 13 fours and 5 towering 6s on a smallish Kinrara Academy Oval ground. Fidel Edwards and Dwayne Bravo were punished severely by the little master. West Indies began their response in style with Chris Gaye smashing 45 off 35 balls. When the weather Gods intervened, the Windies were comfortably ahead on Duckworth Lewis method.
76. Century 76
Match : India V West Indies
Venue : Bilateral ODI series, 2007, Venue Vadodara India

India hammered the Windies bowling attack to make a commanding 341 in 50 overs with Sachin becoming the lone centurion scoring exactly a hundred. The Caribbeans were never really in the hunt and eventually folded up for 181 in the 42nd over.
77. Century 77
Match : India V Bangladesh
Venue : Bilateral test series, 2007 at Bangladesh

It was a rain-hit test match where India called the shots for long periods but lack of time made a result impossible. India batted first and made 387 with centuries from Sachin and Ganguly. Sachin's inning was a painstaking effort lasting nearly 5 hours.
78. Century 78
Match : India V Bangladesh
Venue : Bilateral test series, 2007 at Mirpur, Bangladesh

In this test match India completely dominated, the top four batsmen in the batting order for India all scored centuries and that included Sachin's unbeaten 122. The combined first and second innings totals of Bangladesh was well short of India total. India won the match by inninigs and 239 runs.
79. Century 79
Match : India V Australia
Venue : Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2008 at Sydney

The Master Blaster's knock took India to 532 and a handy first innings lead of 69 runs. Sachin's 154 came in 7 hours and had 14 fours and 1 six. Then came the remarkable turnaround by the Aussies who amassed 401 in just 107 second innings overs leaving India with a target of 333. The 'triple nelson' haunted the Indians as they folded up for 210.
80. Century 80
Match : India V Australia
Venue : Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2008 at Adelaide

India had come into the final test at Adelaide Oval after registering one of their greatest test victories ever. Sachin hammering 153 from just 205 balls and India reached 526. Australian batsmen though lived up to their billing and ensured they walked away with a draw in the match and win in the series.