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Sachin Tendulkar, on Sunday, created history by becoming the first cricketer to score 50 Test centuries. Rajneesh Gupta presents an overview of the Master Blaster's tons scored over the years.
Congratulate Tendulkar on his 50th Test ton
Tendulkar's 50 hundreds in Test cricket
At Home: 22 in 79 Tests
Abroad: 28 in 96 Tests
In matches won - 20
In matches drawn - 19
In matches lost - 10
In first innings of a match - 20
In second innings of a match - 17
In third innings of a match - 10
In fourth innings of a match - 3
Centuries at various batting positions
At # 4 - 43
At # 5 - 5
At # 6 - 2
Compiled by Rajneesh Gupta
Sachin's hundreds against each opponent
11 vs Australia
9 vs Sri Lanka
7 vs England
6 vs South Africa
5 vs Bangladesh
4 vs New Zealand
3 vs West Indies & Zimbabwe
2 vs Pakistan
-'Wouldn't have skipped ODIs if records mattered'
Sachin's centuries around the world
22 in India
6 in Australia
5 in Sri Lanka & Bangladesh
4 in England & South Africa
2 in New Zealand
1 in West Indies & Pakistan
Zimbabwe is the only country where Tendulkar hasn't yet scored a hundred.
-50 Test tons and counting for Tendulkar
Most tons piled in a calendar year
7 in 2010
5 in 1999
4 in 1997, 2002 & 2008
3 in 1992, 1998, 2001 & 2004
2 in 1993, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2007 & 2009
1 in 1990 & 2005
Tendulkar failed to score any hundred in 1989, 1991, 1995, 2003 & 2006.
Most centuries scored under each captain
15 under Mohammad Azharuddin
11 under Sourav Ganguly
10 under MS Dhoni
7 under his own captaincy
4 under Rahul Dravid
2 under Anil Kumble
1 under Virender Sehwag
Krish Srikkanth - Tendulkar's first captain - is the only one under whom Tendulkar did not score a hundred..
5 at Chennai
4 at Colombo (SSC)
3 at Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Sydney
2 at Banglaore, Chittagong, Delhi, Kolkata, Mirpur & Nagpur (VCA)
1 at Adelaide, Birmingham, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Centurion, Colombo (RPS), Dhaka, Hamilton, Johannesburg, Leeds, Lucknow, Manchester, Melbourne, Mohali, Multan, Mumbai (WS), Nottingham, Perth, Port-of-Spain, Wellington.
Lord's (7), Kanpur (6), Colombo, Durban & Harare (5 each) are the venues where Tendulkar has not scored a hundred despite playing 5 or more innings.