For greater than 20 years a person had carried the burden of expectations of his nation on the cricketing discipline who wanted no introduction by the point he stepped onto the sphere in his 442nd ODI match on the Gwalior International Cricket Stadium on today in 2010. Having written varied chapters in his illustrious profession, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar added one other feather to his spectacular cap as he wrote yet one more piece of historical past in the ODI format taking part in towards South Africa.
Feather in the Cap for Sachin
Sachin, now a World Cup winner and a legend of the sport, grew to become the first participant in the world to rating a double hundred in the ODI format. Having glittered his profession with a number of accolades through the course of the final 20 years, the Master Blaster was at it once more when he introduced his double ton towards the Proteas on twenty fourth February 2010, a 12 months earlier than Tendulkar began one other marathon marketing campaign that additionally noticed him clinch the ODI World Cup.
The feat was achieved when Sachin took a single on Charl Langeveldt’s ball in the ultimate over and introduced an finish to a tense ambiance of followers who have been ready in pleasure for the first double ton in the ODI format.
Sachin’s marathon innings in Gwalior
Partnered by one other legend of the sport that day, Sachin began his innings alongside Virender Sehwag. However, it was not a terrific begin for India as Sehwag departed early and introduced a younger Dinesh Karthik to the pitch in the new circumstances of Gwalior. Sachin would then flip the screws for India as he and Karthik would put in an astonishing 194 runs for the second wicket earlier than the wicketkeeper batter departed on 79.
Sachin would then be helped by Yusuf Pathan and skipper MS Dhoni because it took till the ultimate over of the innings to register the accolade. Sachin’s innings that day consisted of 25 fours and three sixes, and it took 147 deliveries for him to attain the historic milestone. India additionally recorded 410/3 in their innings and would go on to win the match and subsequently the collection.
A real grasp of the sport, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar will eternally go down in the historical past books of world cricket as one of many biggest if not ‘The Greatest’ participant of all time.
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