Sachin Tendulkar reaches 100 100s

The moment that the whole cricketing world was waiting for ever since Sachin Tendulkar scored his 99th century last year in the World Cup finally arrived yesterday. Turning a delivery from Shakib Al Hassan down to square leg, he reached his 49th One Day International century to add to his 51 Test centuries and become the first batsman to score a century of centuries in the history of the game. As usual he took off his helmet, looked at his bat and then heavenwards.
The whole cricketing world has been waiting for this moment for the last 33 innings from him which had passed without a century. Millions of fans, along with Tendulkar, must have heaved a sigh of a relief as he reached the landmark which will now remain as the toughest and the greatest in world cricket. Like his idol Sunil Gavaskar, who became the first batsman to shatter all the batting records, Tendulkar, too, will sparkle forever as the first batsman to have scored a hundred centuries.
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur where he achieved the landmark will become a monument of the greatest achievement by a cricketer. The fourth match of the Asia Cup and even the tournament will now be remembered forever for this historic occasion, rather than its results — in yesterday's case a brilliant five-wicket victory for Bangladesh over the mighty India.