Almost a year and six Tests after equalling Sunil Gavaskar's mark of most Test centuries, Sachin Tendulkar scored his 35th hundred in the longest format on December 10, 2005, to rewrite another world record in his name.
Batting in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla ground (now renamed as the Arun Jaitley Stadium), Tendulkar scored 109 on the opening day of the match in India's first innings.
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Gavaskar held the record for almost two decades before Tendulkar, who made his debut as a 16-year-old in 1989, broke it.
Tendulkar's record ton helped India score 290 in their first innings. The hosts then bowled out Sri Lanka for 230 to take a 60-run lead.
India's lead swelled to 435 runs after their second innings of 375 for 6 declared.
Chasing a daunting target, Sri Lanka folded up for 247 and lost by a big margin of 188 runs.
Tendulkar ended his career on November 6, 2013, after playing his 200th Test on his home ground, the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai.
Besides creating and breaking numerous records, he ended up as the only batter on the planet to score 100 international centuries (50 in Tests and 49 in ODIs).
