Sachin Tendulkar scores only IPL ton ever on Apr 15, 2011 at the Wankhede; watch video

It can be argued that by time T20 cricket became a force to be dealt with, Sachin Tendulkar was past his prime. However, "Little Master" did t disappoint in his IPL stint for Mumbai Indians from 2008-2013. And Thursday marked 9-year anniversary of Sachin Tendulkar scoring his first and only IPL century ever against Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

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Sachin Tendulkar IPL hundred: Little Master entertains Wankhede on April 15, 2011

Mumbai Indians were hosting Kochi Tuskers Kerala in only 13th match of IPL 2011. Wankhede was still freshly feeling  memories of India lifting World Cup only 13 days ago. Tuskers captain Mahela Jayawardene won toss and chose to bowl first. Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar and South African Davy Jacobs opened batting for Mumbai. While Jacobs perished, Tendulkar kept grinding it out with Ambati Rayadu to keep Mumbai stable. two stitched toger a partnership of 116. As final overs of innings approached, it was evident that a Tendulkar hundred was on horizon.

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Sachin Tendulkar, too, started batting aggressively and played some very atypical helicopter shots. It all came down to final ball of 20th over as Tendulkar needed a single to get to a hundred. Little Master played it safe and slowly played away final ball to run his 100th run. Wankhede roared as Sachin Tendulkar ackwledged his home crowd. However, Mumbai's total of 182 proved too less for Tuskers. Led by Brendon McCullum's 81 and captain Jayawardene's 56, Kochi ended up chasing down Mumbai's total with one over to go.

Sachin Tendulkar, however, went strong in that IPL and scored 553 runs, only losing Orange Cap to Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli. He led Mumbai to playoffs but y lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore in second Qualifier. 

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Sachin Tendulkar IPL hundred highlights

(Video courtesy: BCCI/Tendulkar Zone)

BCCI currently has IPL 2020 postponed indefinitely according to latest reports. This has been done in view of coronavirus outbreak that country is facing. IPL 2020 was supposed to begin on March 29. 

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