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Now sky his only limit
NIRVANAGoing into a single off Chaminda Vaas at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Saturday, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was celebrating even before he had...
December 11, 2005 12:00 AM IST
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NIRVANA
Going into a single off Chaminda Vaas at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Saturday, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was celebrating even before he had reached the other end. He looked heavenwards and acknowledged his father8217;s spirit, eyes wet with emotion.
8220;I normally don8217;t become so emotional on the field,8221; he said later. 8220;There are few moments in my life when I had become so, and this was one such. The special centuries are this century and the first.8221;
Statistics play into sublime regions in cricket. Tendulkar8217;s 35th Test century, a world record, pulls a train of other landmarks.
INFANCY
On November 15, 1989 at the National Stadium in Karachi he became the youngest Indian to play Tests. He was 16 years 205 days old. He scored 15.
ADOLESCENCE
First century at old Trafford on August 9, 1990. That unbeaten 119 also took his Test runs kitty past 500.
THE TEENS
Crossed 1,000 runs on November 26, 1992 vs South Africa with a personal score of 111.
MATURITY
Scored first of four double centuries 217 on October 29, 1999 vs New Zealand.
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SUPERSTAR
Matched Don Bradman8217;s 29 centuries at Port-of-Spain with 117 on April 19, 2001.
GREATNESS
Matched Sunil Gavaskar8217;s 34 hundreds with a 159 vs Bangladesh in Dhaka on December 11, 2004.
GENIUS
Batting on 100 vs Sri Lanka, at the Kotla, on Saturday, that8217;s the 35th, one better than the rest of the world.
BLISS
What8217;s his idea of perfect happiness? 8220;I don8217;t know,8221; he said on Saturday. 8220;I am happy at the moment, extremely happy.8221;
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