Even as Sachin Tendulkar reached one of the most significant milestones of his career, he did not fail to acknowledge the efforts of the man who helped him there. Sachin Tendulkar scored his fiftieth Test century in trying circumstances in the first Test of the India South Africa series at the Super sport Park in Centurion. While the match situation demanded that he keep his composure, the thoughts of his late father were not far from his mind.
Tendulkar later acknowledged that he wanted to dedicate his 50th Test century to his father because in his own words, It was his birthday yesterday and he would have been 82. I wanted to do it for him.Those who had been anxiously or eagerly awaited the big milestone moment for the maestro, even he could not have timed it better in keeping with the sentiment of the moment.
Tendulkar’s determination and drive for the game but humble respect for his parents was evident even before, brought to bear during the ICC Cricket World Cup 1999 when he lost his father but fought back the tragedy to play for India. Once more Tendulkar pays ode to his father through his bat. Tendulkar had recently acknowledged his father’s value system when he turned down a liquor endorsement that would have catapulted him in terms of money for sports endorsements.
THE COMPLETE LIST OF SACHIN’S TONS
1 119 England Manchester Old Trafford 14 August 1990
2 148 Australia SCG, Sydney 6 Jan 1992
3 114 Australia WACA,Perth 3 Feb 1992
4 111 South Africa Wanderers, Johannesburg 28 Nov 1992
5 165 England MA Chidambaram Stadium , Chennai 12 Feb1993
6 104 Sri Lanka SSC, Colombo 31 July 1993
7 142 Sri Lanka KD Singh Babu Stadium , Lucknow 19 Jan1994
8 179 West Indies VCA ,Nagpur 2 Dec 1994
9 122 England Edgbaston, Birmingham 8 June 1996
10 177 England Trent Bridge, Nottingham 5 Jul 1996
11 169 South Africa Newlands, Cape Town 4 Jan 1997
12 143 Sri Lanka Premadasa, Colombo 3 Aug 1997
13 139 Sri Lanka SSC, Colombo 11 Aug 1997
14 148 Sri Lanka Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 4 Dec1997
15 155 Australia MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 9 Mar 1998
16 177 Australia M Chinnaswamy Stadium,Banglore 26 Mar 1998
17 113 New Zeeland Basin Reserve, Wellington 29 Dec1998
18 136 Pakistan MA Chidambaram Stadium(2), Chennai 31 Jan 1999
19 124 Sri Lanka SSC Colombo 28 Feb1999
20 126 New Zeeland PCA, Mohali 13 Oct 1999
21 217 New Zeeland Motera, Ahmedabad 30 Oct 1999
22 116 Australia MCG, Melbourne 28 Dec 1999
23 122 Zimbabwe Feroze Shah Kotla, New Delhi 21 Nov 2000
24 201 Zimbabwe VCA, Nagpur 26 Nov 2000
25 126 Australia MA Chidambaram Stadium , Chennai 20 Mar 2001
26 155 South Africa Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein 3 Nov 2001
27 103 England Motera, Ahmedabad 13 Dec 2001
28 176 Zimbabwe VCA Nagpur 24 Feb 2002
29 117 West Indies Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain 20 April2002
30 193 England Headingley, Leeds 23 Aug 2002
31 176 West Indies Eden Gardens,Kolkata 3 Nov 2002
32 241 Australia SCG Sydney 4 Jan2004
33 194 Pakistan Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan 29 Mar 2004
34 248 Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 12 Dec 2004
35 109 Sri Lanka Feroze Shah Kotla New Delhi 22 Dec 2005
36 101 Bangladesh Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong 19 may 2007
37 122 Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium Mirpur 26 May 2007
38 154 Australia SCG , Sydney 4 Jan 2008
39 153 Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 25 Jan2008
40 109 Australia VCA Nagpur 6 Nov 2008
41 103 England MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 15 Dec 2008
42 160 New Zeeland Seddon Park, Hamilton 20Mar2009
43 100 Sri Lanka Motera, Ahmedabad 20 Nov 2009
44 105 Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Choudhury Stadium Chittagong 18 Jan 2010
45 143 Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 25 Jan 2010
46 100 South Africa VCA Nagpur 9 Feb 2010
47 106 South Africa Eden Gardens, Kolkata 15 Feb 2010
48 203 Sri Lanka SSC, Colombo 28 Jul 2010
49 214 Australia M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 11 Oct 2010
50 111 not out South Africa Super Sport Park, Centurion 19 Dec 2010
-by sports desk Opinion Express
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