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Monday, February 28, 2011

Tendulkar smashes 47th ODI century

Updated at: 1643 PST,  Sunday, February 27, 2011
BANGALORE: Sachin Tendulkar smashed 47th century in his One-day International career, while playing against England in a Group B match of the ICC Cricket World Cup here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.Tendulkar who had made 28 against Bangladesh in the opening match of the tournament, completed the much awaited hundred in 103 balls, hitting four towering sixes and seven marvelous boundaries.This was his fifth hundred in the World Cup and second against England.