Showing no signs of ageing the 36-year-old unleashed a breathtaking display of batsmanship to remain unbeaten on 200 in India’s total of 401 for three in 50 overs against South Africa.

His strokeful knock spread over 147 balls contained 25 fours and three sixes as he overhauled the previous ODI highest score of 194 by Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar in 1997 (v India).

It was also Tendulkar’s 46th ODI ton as India wrapped up the game by 153 runs.

1982: Wayne Gretzky scores record 77th goal of the season, surpassing Phil Esposito’s mark of 76 set in 1971
in Edmonton’s 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

1988: Matti Nykanen of Finland becomes the first ski jumper to win three gold medals in Winter Olympics when he won the 90-meter team event at the Calgary Games.

1993: England’s 1966 World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore dies of cancer at the age of 51.

1996: Pakistan star Javed Miandad becomes first cricketer to feature in six World Cups by taking the field against UAE in Gujranwala.