Sachin Tendulkar impressed the cricket fans with his excellent shots and breathtaking innings in an illustrious international career of 24 years. He is the highest run-scorer in Tests and ODIs, as he scored 3,4357 runs from 664 international games in all formats.
Tendulkar was the first batter to hit a double-hundred in One-Day Internationals, albeit, Virender Sehwag and further Rohit Sharma broke his record.
Tendulkar made 200 off 147 balls, his innings consisted of 25 boundaries and three sixes. India posted 401/3 and won by 153 runs in Gwalior on February 24, 2010. Tendulkar termed his first double-hundred as his best knock in ODI cricket as he played against the likes of Dale Steyn, Wayne Parnell and Jacques Kallis.
“Records just happen. In my wildest dreams also I did not know if I was ever going to get a double-hundred. In fact, I had had a very good season till then. There were a lot of aches and pains in my body on that morning,” Tendulkar said.
“I was actually on the physio table at the hotel room and telling the physio that my body is so tired right now, I’m drained because every part of my body was aching and I was strapping it in my preparation. So I told him that if we win this match I am going to ask BCCI to rest me for the third ODI. If we don’t win then obviously, I will play. But I hope we win today’s match and we close the series.” he added.
“The moment I went out on the field, having taken a few painkillers, the game took over. Such is the power of any sport. For a second also I did not think about my injuries, and aches and pains. I was so engrossed; it was a beautiful feeling.
“What I am trying to say is even when I had scored the hundred, never did I think of the double hundred. I was just thinking jo hona hai hone do (whatever happens, let it). I said [to myself] I am just going to continue batting – that was the aim,” he concluded.
