Tendulkar smashes his 47th ODI century

BANGALORE, INDIA: Sachin Tendulkar smashed 47th century in his One-day International career, while playing against England in a Group B match of the ICC Cricket World Cup here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.
Tendulkar who had made 28 against Bangladesh in the opening match of the tournament, completed the much awaited hundred in 103 balls, hitting four towering sixes and eight marvelous boundaries.He along with Yuvraj Singh added another 56 runs before making an exit from the field, making 120 from 114 balls.

Later, Yuvraj and Dhoni blasted 69 runs in 46 balls and both were dismissed off two successive deliveries from Tim Bresnan. Yuvraj went for 58 (50 balls) and Ddhoni 31(25 balls).

However, India managed to set an difficult target of 339 runs for England and in this process lost three more wickets.

Bresnan was the most successful bowler for England taking five wickets for 48 runs.