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Sachin Tendulkar 51st Test Match Century

No. 51: South Africa v India, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 3rd day..
with a six over the wicket-keeper's head to the off side.Sachin knows he's dealing with a rampant attack here and chooses to go after every small indiscretion in line or length.The little man puts his hands up. Determined ton this.

Present Scores are

South Africa 362 v India 263/6 First Innings

*Harbhajan Singh 14 (Batting)
*Sachin Tendulkar (rhb) 114 (Batting)

Sachin Tendulkar 50th Test Match Century Moments

Sachin Tendulkar's 50th Century Test Match vs South Africa (1st Test 19-12-2010) at Centurion in South Africa



No. 50: India began their second innings in Centurion with a deficit for 484 and were reduced to 277 for 6. Tendulkar rallied, along with Dhoni, and his century changed India's prospects of saving the game from impossible to improbable.

Sachin Tendulkar 49th Test Match Century

No. 49: A 214 in Bangalore helped secure India's 2-0 win against Australia in 2010. "On his last tour of Australia, Tendulkar was given rapturous ovations by an adoring public each time he went in or out. But the Australians might not have seen the last of him," wrote Sambit Bal. "Fifty Test hundreds are but a formality. A hundred international hundreds are there for the taking. Tendulkar, though, endures not in the pursuit of milestones, but because he can't fall out of love with cricket."

Sachin Tendulkar 48th Test Match Century

No. 48: Sri Lanka declared on 642 for 4 at the SSC and India slipped from 165 for 0 to 241 for 4. Tendulkar scored his 48th century and converted it into a double, giving India the lead. "Yesterday when I got into the dressing room, I had a long ice bath. I was in the ice tub for a while. Then I did some stretches, had an early dinner, and I was in bed by 8.30," he said. "For almost all four days, I have been on the field. It's been demanding on the body, but it's held up pretty well."

Sachin Tendulkar 47th Test Match Century

No. 47: The 106 in Kolkata helped India level the series against South Africa and stay No. 1 in Tests. "Watching him bat can be a demoralising experience for those on the other side. He knows his game so well, and seldom does anything more than is required," Cricinfo reported. "With Tendulkar these days, as opposed to the man who eviscerated Shane Warne in Chennai and Bangalore in 1998, patience is a weapon used to wear down bowlers."

Sachin Tendulkar 46th Test Match Century

No. 46: A second-innings 100 from Tendulkar couldn't prevent South Africa from steam-rolling India by an innings and six runs in Nagpur in February 2010.