Reliving Sachin Tendulkar's Test Centuries: Century 36-40
Indian batting legend had had an awful slump in form from around 2006 through to 2007 and during that period, there were repeated calls from certain quarters that he should call time on his international career. However, a man like Tendulkar, who had played cricket since 1989 was not someone who was going to listen to naysayers and he proceeded to prove them all wrong in the latter half of his career.
The sequence of his late career flourish was launched with his 36th century against Bangladesh but over the years he went from strength to strength. Here is a look at the 5 centuries he scored in that one year period.
#5 101 v Bangladesh at Chittagong, 2007
After going through a bit of a lean patch in 2006 and 2007, Sachin Tendulkar returned to form with a century against Bangladesh at Chittagong in the first Test of the 2007 series. Tendulkar walked in to bat with comfortably placed at 124 for 2 and proceeded to bide his time before unfurling a few strokes. However, it was not one of his better innings and only contained 9 hits to the fence, as he seemed determined to end his barren run and he did so by running hard instead of going for extravagant strokes.
That being said, this century was not a slow one by any means as he scored the 101 runs in 169 deliveries and recorded a strike rate of 59.76, which is an excellent scoring rate in Test matches anywhere in the world. The match, however, ended in a draw due to rain but this century marked a return to usual business for India's best batsman.