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The month of March is recorded in history with many big events related to cricket. 16th March is also such a historic day for cricket. Cricket is considered a religion in India and Sachin Tendulkar is no less than God for cricket fans.
16 March 2012 is the day when Sachin scored an unprecedented century while playing against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup match at the Sher-e-Bengal Stadium in Mirpur.
This was Sachin's 49th century in ODI cricket and he has scored 51 centuries in Test cricket. In this way the Master Blaster completed his century. Sachin Tendulkar, awarded Bharat Ratna, is the only batsman in the world to hold this record.
No one has reached this point yet. It is also a strange coincidence that on March 16, the record of the slowest double century and the fastest double century in the game of cricket is also recorded. In 1997, India's opening batsman Navjot Singh Sidhu scored a slow double century while facing the stormy West Indies bowlers.
New Zealand's Nathan Astle scored the fastest double century in 163 balls against England in 2002. However, the most interesting thing is that Sidhu became the hero of the match even after scoring the slowest double century, whereas Astle could not save his team from defeat even after scoring the fastest double century.
Apart from this, March 16 is considered a special day in the history of cricket, know the reasons behind it:
1910: Birth of Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. Who played cricket for both India and England.
1997: Navjot Singh Sidhu scored the only double century of his Test career against West Indies. Batting for 673 minutes, he scored 201 runs, which was recorded as the slowest double century in cricket history at that time.
2002: New Zealand's Nathan Astle scored the fastest double century in Test cricket by scoring a double century in 163 balls against England.