CRICKET\\ On March 16, 2012, at Mirpur in Bangladesh, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar or the Little Master as he is called by his fans, scored a century of international centuries—51 in Tests and 49 in ODIs. As far as this record goes, Tendulkar’s closest rival remains the Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting, who has 68 centuries against his name. Born on April 24, 1973, Tendulkar made his Test debut in 1989. Since then, he has scripted numerous records. It seems that Tendulkar himself was equally worried about the record. His reaction after the hundreth ton was, “I seem to have lost 50 kgs,”. His 99th century was on March 12, 2011, and the countdown to the hundredth ton started from then on. The champion for now has ruled out immediate retirement plans. Since his international debut at 16 against Pakistan in 1989, Tendulkar has been compared to not only top batsmen like Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq, but also to Australian great Donald Bradman, as the best batsman ever.