Tendulkar Becomes 1st Batsman Slams 50th Test Hundred

Centurion: Indian batting maestro Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar on Sunday became the first batsman to score a monumental 50 centuries in Test cricket history.

The little master reached the coveted landmark when he completed his ton in 197 balls on the fourth day of the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion.

Tendulkar takes a single off Dale Steyn to achieve the historic milestone.

The master batsman, enjoying a memorable year at age 37, has amassed 1,532 runs in thirteen Tests this year at an amazing average of more than 85 runs per innings.

Tendulkar has scored seven centuries and five fifties in the year 2010 with one more match to play against South Africa starting on December 26.

Test cricket's greatest run-scorer has till now scored more than 14,500 runs and scored 59 fifties along with the half-century of centuries.

With one more match of the three-Test series in South Africa scheduled for this year, Tendulkar has opportunity to surpass Mohammad Yousuf's record of 1,768 runs in a calendar year (2006).

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