Indian ace batsman Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat to acknowledge the cheering crowd after scoring a century during the third one-day international cricket match against Zimbabwe at Jodhpur, 08 December 2000. Tendulkar hit 146 off 153 balls as India piled up 283-8 from 50 overs in the one-day competition against Zimbabwe. The right-hander hit 15 boundaries and two sixes in his 27th one-day hundred, almost the most by any batsman in the shorter version of the game.© AFP