Sachin Tendulkar's top 7 centuries in India

India’s Sachin Tendulkar scored 24 of his 51 Test match hundreds in India. Tendulkar also hit 19 ODI centuries at home.Here is the list of Tendulkar’s top 7 centuries on Indian soil across Test and One Day cricket.

#7 120 vs England, Bengaluru, 2011

In a group stage match against England during the 2011 Cricket World Cup, Sachin Tendulkar scored his 47th ODI hundred at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Tendulkar walked out to open the batting along with Virender Sehwag after India skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first.

Sehwag and Tendulkar got India off to a solid start before England’s Tim Bresnan had Sehwag caught behind for 35 in the 8th over. Tendulkar initially took his time to get his eye in, while left-hander Gautam Gambhir at the other end made up for Sehwag’s dismissal with some crisply timed shots.

Tendulkar showed his first signs of real intent in the 18th over of the innings when he effortlessly lifted part-timer Paul Collingwood’s delivery into the stands.Tendulkar hit Collingwood for another six a couple of overs later, and brought up yet another ODI fifty, off just 65 balls. India were scoring at a healthy rate of about 5.70 runs/over and reached the team’s 150-run mark in the 27th over when Tendulkar slog swept off-spinner Greame Swann for two consecutive sixes over deep mid-wicket.

Swann dismissed Gambhir for 51 when the left-hander tried to run him down to third man, but Tendulkar at the other end had steadily made his way into the 90s. The entire stadium waited in bathed breath to witness another Tendulkar hundred. Tendulkar flicked a delivery from Tim Bresnan down to the fine leg boundary to bring up his century, a well paced innings which took just 103 balls.

Tendulkar would fall three overs later to a James Andeson delivery with India’s total at 236-3. Tendulkar’s contribution was 120 runs off just 115 balls, which included 10 fours and 5 sixes.

The match ended in a tie after England finished on 338 from their 50 overs, the exact same total posted by India (338 all out).