Dhoni reached his fifty with two sixes and a four.
Dhoni launched a six and a four and for the next couple of overs, Dhoni hogged the strike as Tendulkar was cramping. Tendulkar broke the 13-year record set by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan who had hit 194 against India in Chennai in 1997 with a couple of Parnell. The Mumbai right-hander went past his highest individual score with two fours off Kallis while MS Dhoni got going with two fours. That did not stop Tendulkar and he slamed a four as well as his third six off van der Merwe. Tendulkar heaved a huge six off Charl Langeveldt but Yusuf Pathan fell for 36 to van der Merwe. Sachin Tendulkar's double ton helped India beat South Africa by 153 runs to win the series. Yusuf Pathan slammed two sixes off Parnell and Tendulkar reached his 150 with a four over deep midwicket. Yusuf Pathan smashed two fours off Steyn while Tendulkar also grew in confidence with two fours off the same bowler. Dinesh Karthik missed out on his ton as he got out for 79 while Tendulkar slammed two fours off Steyn. Karthik gave him great company and Tendulkar upped the ante with two fours off Jacques Kallis after going past his ton.Īt the other end, Karthik hit a six and a four off Duminy and Tendulkar responded in the same fashion against the same bowler. Tendulkar notched up his century by cracking a short ball from JP Duminy. Tendulkar made great progress and he emnployed the sweep against van der Merwe while Karthik went past fifty. Tendulkar neared his fifty with two fours off Parnell and he reached his fifty with a leg glance of Roelof van der Merwe. Dinesh Karthik gave him good company and he signalled his aggressive intention with a six off Dale Steyn. Tendulkar got going with a couple of boundaries off Wayne Parnell and he targeted Dale Steyn with two fours. Virender Sehwag departed cheaply but Sachin Tendulkar, India's leading run-getter and the gold standard of batting of world cricket at that time, chose to rewrite the history books with a knock that would redefine epic. The first match was a thriller as India won by one run and in the second game, India chose to bat on a flat deck. On February 24, 2010, India squared off against South Africa at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior. Clark's tally remained the only instance in international cricket but on February 24, 2010, history was to be created and fittingly, it was by an individual who specialised in creating history everytime. In 1997, Belinda Clark of Australia became the first individual to smash a double ton in an ODI during the Women's World Cup clash in Mumbai between Australia and Denmark. Graeme Pollock of South Africa was the first individual to hit 200 in a one-dayer when he smashed 222 for Border against Eastern Province in October 1974. Until 2010, only three individuals had scored a double century in limited-overs cricket. A double century, that was more novel in Test cricket, now seemed possible with heavy bats, small outfields and flat pitches demanded by the power of the T20I format. There was talk of a batsman actually scoring a double century in ODIs. Twenty20 cricket had altered the entire landscape of cricket. 299 balls later, South Africa, boosted by Herschelle Gibbs' 175 and Graeme Smith's 90 helped South Africa register a score of 438 and win by one wicket. Australia registered a score of 434/4, the highest ODI score by a distance and yet lost. Australia and South Africa played out the '872 ODI' in Johannesburg. When cricket was being played in the end of the first decade of the new millennium, it was breaking new grounds.
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