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Test-saving hundreds have become extinct now but Sachin Tendulkar carved out one such innings exactly 30 years ago, the seeds of which were sown during one afternoon in Sialkot, eight months prior to that gloomy Manchester day.
It was on August 14, 1990, that Tendulkar scored the first of his 100 international centuries, a majestic 119 not out on a fifth day track to save the game for India.
Asked about that special first, and it seemed like yesterday.
"I scored that 100 on August 14 and next day was our Independence Day, so it was special. The headline was different and that hundred at least kept the series alive till next Test at the Oval," Tendulkar told PTI on the eve of the 30th anniversary of his first ton.
So what exactly was the feeling, apart from the pure joy of achieving the milestone?
"The art of saving a Test match was a new experience for me," Tendulkar said but added he knew he could save a game when he batted with a "bloodied nose" and a blood-soaked jersey after being hit by Waqar Younis.
"In Sialkot where I got hit and scored 57, we saved that Test match, too, from 38 for 4. Waqar's bouncer and playing through pain defined me. After those kind of hits you are either stronger or you are nowhere to be seen."
As scary as it may seem now, Tendulkar, in the first innings of that Manchester match, was hit on the back of the head by one of the fastest pacers in the world back then, Devon Malcolm.
#OnThisDay in 1990, a 17-year-old Sachin Tendulkar hit his maiden Test hundred and the rest is history ..."Devon and Waqar, during that phase, were easily the two quickest bowlers in the world bowling at 90 mph.
Which is your favourite ?? from the Master Blaster? pic.twitter.com/SPwjYhEUrM
- ICC (@ICC) August 14, 2020
Today..."In fact, I would just throw the ball up and take it on my body to absorb the pain."
in 1948 at The Oval: Don Bradman came out to bat in his final Test innings, just two weeks short of his 40th birthday. He was dismissed for a 2nd ball duck!
in 1990 at the Old Trafford: Sachin Tendulkar registers his maiden Test century (119*) at 17 years, 112 days! pic.twitter.com/WX1DmunpUa
- Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 14, 2020
#OnThisDay in 1990, @sachin_rt scored his maiden international ?? against England at Old Trafford. ??Did he feel in the last hour that the team has been able to save the match.
The Master Blaster was 17 when he hit that magnificent knock - the third-youngest batsman ever to register a Test century. ????#TeamIndia ???? pic.twitter.com/9UqgfCqPLL
- BCCI (@BCCI) August 14, 2020
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