Reliving Sachin Tendulkar's ODI centuries: 11-15

From a whopping 463 ODIs, Sachin Tendulkar amassed a record tally of 18,426 runs at an imposing average of 44.83. Among his unparalleled collection of 49 centuries in the format, only 14 came in losing cause.

The manner in which he metamorphosed from being an aggressive stroke-maker in the 1990s to becoming a remorseless accumulator of runs during the final phase of his glittering career reveals his versatile skill-set.

After reminiscing the sixth to tenth centuries of his stockpile, let us now move on to the next set of five tons in his career. In this segment, we relive the batting maestro's eleventh to fifteenth ODI centuries. This particular encompasses two of Tendulkar's best ever knocks in white-ball cricket.

#11 - 104 (97) against Zimbabwe at Benoni, 1997

By the time the 1997 Standard Bank tri-series approached its last group match, India were in a woeful position. Aside from losing three matches to South Africa, they had also suffered a tie as well as an ignominious defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe. In what was effectively a must win clash for them, Tendulkar's team squared off against Alistair Campbell's side at Benoni.

On a sluggish surface at the Willowmoore Park, Campbell's gritty 86 led Zimbabwe to a competitive total of 240. India's run-chase began on a terrible note as Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin fell cheaply. However, Tendulkar took control of the proceedings and played a captain's knock to help his team chase down the target with ease. The skipper's 97-ball 104 contained eight boundaries and a towering six.