Overview

• Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 119 at Old Trafford on August 14, 1990, in the fourth innings to secure a draw while chasing 408 runs.
• At 17 years, 112 days old, he became India’s youngest Test centurion and laid the groundwork for a career featuring 100 international centuries and 34,357 runs.
• The BCCI commemorated the anniversary on X with a tribute praising the knock that announced his emergence on the global stage.
• Tendulkar has said that reaching his first hundred on the eve of India’s Independence Day gave the achievement special cultural resonance.
• His son Arjun Tendulkar’s engagement to Saaniya Chandok was announced alongside the commemorations, blending personal milestones with cricketing history.