Ahmedabad Test ends in a draw as Sachin crosses another milestone
November 20th, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI ( 1 comment )
Ahmedabad, Nov 20 (ANI): The first Test between India and Sri Lanka ended in a draw on the final day at the Sardar Patel stadium on Friday.
Resuming the final day on 190 for two wickets, still 144 runs behind Sri Lanka’s first-innings total of 760 for seven wickets, opener Gautam Gambhir (114) and Sachin Tendulkar (100 not out) helped India up to 412-4 before both teams called it a day with no result possible.
The Test also saw master blaster Sachin Tendulkar achieve another milestone by becoming the first batsman to complete 30,000 international runs.
The 36-year-old reached the milestone when he scored his 35th run in the second innings, where he went onto score his 43rd Test century.
Tendulkar now has 17,178 runs in ODI cricket, 12,877 runs in Test cricket and 10 runs in the lone T20 International he has played.
The second Test starts in Kanpur on Tuesday, followed by the third at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai from December 2. (ANI)
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November 21st, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Sachin Tendulkar was born on April 24,1973.His birth number is 6(2+4=6).His Zodiacal Sign is Taurus owned by planet venus represented by number 6.
So,it is not at all numerologically surprising that his Test debut was on November 15,1989(1+5=6).So far he has 159(1+5+9=15,1+5=6) Test matches.The Test centuries is 42(4+2=6).The ODIs Runs runs to 17178(1+7+1+7+8=24,2+4=6).
Number 6 is represented by Friday.So,number 6 and Friday have immensely influenced Sachin.
Number 3 is his fate number.So,his 21st year in cricket is significant.