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Tendulkar's milestones

DHAKA, DEC. 11 . Sachin Tendulkar, on Saturday, equalled Sunil Gavaskar's world record of 34 Test centuries during the first Test against Bangladesh.

The top ten century makers in Tests (read as name, country, 100s, Mts, against Aus, Eng, RSA, WI, NZ, Ind, Pak, SL, Zim, Ban): S. Gavaskar, Ind, 34, 125, 8, 4, 0, 13, 2, -, 5, 2, 0, 0; S. Tendulkar, Ind, 34, 119, 7, 6, 3, 3, 3, -, 2, 6, 3, 1; S. Waugh, Aus, 32, 168, -, 10, 2, 7, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2; D. Bradman, Aus, 29, 52, -, 19, 4, 2, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0; A. Border, Aus, 27, 156, -, 8, 0, 3, 5, 4, 6, 1, 0, 0; G. Sobers, WI, 26, 93, 4, 10, 0, -, 1, 8, 3, 0, 0, 0; B. Lara, WI, 26, 112, 8, 7, 2, -, 1, 1, 0, 5, 1, 1; G. Chappell, Aus, 24, 87, -, 9, 0, 5, 3, 1, 6, 0, 0, 0; V. Richards, WI, 24, 121, 5, 8, 0, -, 1, 8, 2, 0, 0, 0; J. Miandad, Pak, 23, 124, 6, 2, 0, 2, 7, 5, -, 1, 0, 0.

Test career milestones (statistics before Bangladesh series): Debut: 1989 vs Pak in Pak. Matches: 118; Runs: 9595; Highest: 241 n.o.; Average: 56.11; 100s: 33; 50s: 38; Catches: 73. 1000 runs: 1992 vs SA in SA. 2000 runs: 1994 vs NZ in NZ. 3000 runs: 1996 vs SA in Ind. 4000 runs: 1997 vs SL in Ind. 5000 runs: 1999 vs Pak in Ind. 6000 runs: 2000 vs SA in Ind. 7000 runs: 2001 vs SA in SA. 8000 runs: 2002 vs WI in WI. 9000 runs: 2004 vs Aus in Aus. 9595 runs: 2004 vs SA in Ind.

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