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Sachin Tendulkar becomes the 1st batsman to score 200 in ODIs history
GWALIOR: India’s Sachin Tendulkar became the world’s first batsman to smash a double-century in one-day internationals, achieving the feat against South Africa on Wednesday.
The 36-year-old was unbeaten on 200 in the last over.
Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry had jointly held the record with 194.
Anwar made that score against India in May 1997 while Coventry hit 194 not out against Bangladesh last year.
After 40 years of one-day international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar rewrote history by breaking the 200-run barrier on a day when batting records and the South African bowlers took a beating, in Gwalior. When he turned Wayne Parnell to square leg for two in the 46th over, Tendulkar eclipsed Saeed Anwar and Charles Coventry’s record for the highest individual score of 194, but his muted reaction on reaching that milestone confirmed that he had his sights set on a bigger accomplishment.
50 overs India 401 for 3 (Tendulkar 200*, Karthik 79, Dhoni 68*) v South Africa
