Reliving Sachin Tendulkar's ODI centuries (36-40)

#4 ODI century number 37 – 141 against Pakistan, Rawalpindi (2004)

Tendulkar’s love-affair with Pakistan continued when India toured their neighbouring country in 2004. In the second game of the ODI series, Pakistan managed a challenging total of 329 in their quota of overs. It was almost assumed that India had been batted out of the game, and with the early dismissal of Sehwag, an easy win for Pakistan seemed inevitable.

But Tendulkar bravely held one end up to smash a fighting hundred under pressure. He had a 69-run partnership with Sourav Ganguly, in which the captain scored only 15. With Rahul Dravid, he combined to take the score to 245, with the Karnataka batsman only contributing 36 in the 105-run partnership.

However, Tendulkar’s knock of 141 in 135 balls was hardly enough as the rest of the batting line-up could not build on to the foundation, and India eventually folded up for 317, handing Pakistan a 12-run victory.