Battinggreat Sachin Tendulkar scripted history on this day in 2012 when he scored his100th international century while playing in the Asia Cup for India.
Itwas Tendulkar's 49th and final century in ODI cricket and, interestingly, onlyhis first against Bangladesh in the format.
Tendulkarwas 38 years old at the time and he had to wait for over a year between his99th and 100th international ton. His 99th century came in the 2011 World Cup,which India won against South Africa in Nagpur.
Inthe case of the match against Bangladesh in Dhaka, however, Tendulkar's tonultimately went in vain as India went on to lose the match by five wickets.
Tendulkarscored 114 runs off 147 balls with 12 fours and one six, helping India to289/5.
Bangladeshchased down the target with four balls to spare, with Shakib Al Hasan's 49 in31 balls helping them reach 293/5. Opener Tamim Iqbal (70), Jahurul Islam (53)and Nasir Hossain (54) all scored half centuries. India were knocked out in thegroup stage. Bangladesh reached the final where they lost to Pakistan by two runs.
"Ican't think of anything at this stage, it has been a tough phase for me,"Tendulkar said after his innings.
"Istarted off the season well but was luckless. It does not matter how manyhundreds you score, you still have to grind it out."
Hislast match in ODI cricket also came in the Asia Cup. Interestingly, it wasagainst Pakistan, which was also the team Tendulkar faced in his first ODI inDecember 1989. Tendulkar scored 52 in that match but it is better known for the23-year-old Virat Kohli's 183 off 148 balls, which remains the current Indiancaptain's highest score in ODIs.
Kohli'sastonishing knock helped India chase down a target of 330 with six wickets andmore than two overs remaining.
Tendulkar,meanwhile, announced his retirement from ODIs in December that year havingscored a whopping 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83 in 463 matches. He went onto retire from Tests, and thus international cricket, in 2013 with 15,921 runsat an average of 53.78 in 200 matches.
Hehas scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries in his illustrous Test career.
Theformer India captain remains the only batsman with 100 international tons withformer Australia skipper Ricky Ponting second on the list with 71.
Kohlifollows closely behind on 70 international centuries.