Reliving Sachin Tendulkar's Test Centuries: Century 36-40

#2 153 v Australia at Adelaide, 2008

In the 4th and final Test of the series Down Under back in 2007-08 at Adelaide, India elected to bat first and scored 526. However, the innings was powered by a scintillating knock from Sachin Tendulkar, who put the Australian bowlers to the sword in an innings that was brilliant and destructive at the same time.

He came in to bat after the fall of the second wicket at 82 and then proceeded to play one of his best innings in Australia. He scored runs all around the wicket and hit 13 boundaries in addition to three sixes to score 153. Tendulkar recorded a strike rate of 74.63 and had the Australian bowlers at his mercy throughout the innings.

His technical brilliance, the vast array of strokes and impeccable timing made Tendulkar's 39th hundred a truly special one. The match finally ended in a draw but Tendulkar's century and some enterprising lower order batting had given India a chance of squaring the series that they eventually lost.