Sachin Tendulkar scores a controversial 100th Century!

The 38 year old Master Blaster finally broke his long-standing jinx. He scored a controversial 100 against Bangladesh in India's first Asia Cup match this time, controversial mainly India lost the match
despite an imposing target of 290 (Bangladesh managed to surpass the total with 4 balls to spare).

The century was not taken with a pinch of salt, since many felt a direct connection between Sachin's record and India losing the match. Some of the statistics junkies are already putting up the number of matches India lost because of a Sachin century(!). 

One can say a hundred things about the man's 100th Century; he put his record before the country, he scored very less in the powerplay overs, thereby reducing India's total, so on and so forth. Apart from the obvious reason that Indian bowling has been terrible by and large, there might even be a certain truth to what people say about this century.

But one must admit; scoring 10,000 international runs only in centuries is no mean feat, and come on, that guy has had a terrible year after scoring his 99th Century, what with Dravid retiring and all.

So here's a toast to the Little Master who broke the curse of the 'Leather Pearl' (cricket ball, what else?)!!!! May you finally, before you bid farewell, become your old self and shut your critics up...