February 24, 2010, 18:13 IST
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar today created a new world record, he became the first batsman to score a double-century in the one day (50-over) international cricket match. The previous record holder was Saeed Anwar of Pakistan having scored 194 runs against India.
Sachin scored 200 runs from 147 deliveries against South Africa in the second match of the ODI series, played at Gwalior.
In the process, he also scored his 46th ODI hundred. Team India scored 401 for the loss of three wickets, after winning the toss and electing to bat.
Tendulkar had reached to 100 off just 90 balls, and thereafter accelerated his scoring rate.
Dhoni hit a smashing 50 towards the end of the innings, he was 68 not out from 35 balls. Earlier after Sehwag's failure, Dinesh Karthik and Sachin were involved in a 194-run partnership, where Karthik contributed 79 runs of 85 balls. Yusuf Pathan thereafter played a cameo of 36 runs from 23 balls.
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