March 16 2012, is a special day in the history of world cricket as Sachin Tendulkar became the first person to hit 100 international hundreds. The record stands tall even now, and is som what unheard of in international cricket. The historic hundred came when he turned Shakib Al Hasan for single and he looked mighty relieved after that. But his innings of 114 consumed 147 balls, one of the slowest hundreds Tendulkar ever made. India required some beefy hits from Suresh Raina to reach a competitive total.
India were eventually knocked out of the tournament after Bangladesh secured a five-wicket win with four balls to spare. Tendulkar received a special memento as recognition for the feat. "It's been a tough phase for me. I started the season batting reasonably well, I was luckless. I was not thinking about the milestone, the media started all this, where ever I went, the restaurant, room service, everyone was talking about the 100th hundred. Nobody talked about my 99 hundreds. The innings attracted severe criticism from several quarters accusing Tendulkar of being selfish largely because of the slow nature of innings and India's defeat. Sachin's farewell to international cricket came in November 2013. In his last innings he made 74 against West Indies at his home ground in Wankhede.
