NEW DELHI: Batting great Sachin Tendulkar scripted history on this day in 2012 when he scored his 100th international century while playing in the Asia Cup for India.
It was Tendulkar’s 49th and final century in ODI cricket and, interestingly, only his first against Bangladesh in the format.
Tendulkar was 38 years old at the time and he had to wait for over a year between his 99th and 100th international ton.His 99th century came against South Africa in Nagpur in the 2011 World Cup.

But Tendulkar’s 100th ton went in vain as India went on to lose the match against Bangladesh by five wickets in Dhaka.
Tendulkar scored 114 runs off 147 balls with 12 fours and one six, helping India to 289/5.
Bangladesh chased down the target with four balls to spare, with Shakib Al Hasan‘s 49 in 31 balls helping them reach 293/5.
Opener Tamim Iqbal (70), Jahurul Islam (53) and Nasir Hossain (54) all scored half-centuries. India were knocked out in the group stage.
Bangladesh reached the final where they lost to Pakistan by two runs.
Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs in December that year having scored a whopping 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83 in 463 matches.
He went on to retire from Tests, and thus international cricket, in 2013 with 15,921 runs at an average of 53.78 in 200 matches.
He has scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries in his illustrious Test career.
The former India captain remains the only batsman with 100 international hundreds.