13 performances that gave Sachin Tendulkar 'The God of Cricket' status (Pre-2000)

Century at Wanderers 1992

Sachin scored a century during India's first ever tour to South Africa in 1992.

In yet another first, Sachin, as well as team India, were touring South Africa for the first time ever in the history of the two teams. South Africa had just been reinstated, and India made the friendly gesture of becoming the first team to tour the nation since.

Batting second in the second Test in Johannesburg, India were trailing by 265 runs with eight wickets remaining when Sachin came in to bat.

Playing most of the balls, Sachin found little to no support from the batsmen, with only Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble being the other batsmen to manage scores of 20-plus. Sachin scored his first hundred on Protean soil and his 111 helped India get to a just about decent team score of 227.

Kumble's 6-wickets in the second innings meant that India's target was just over 300. Though the match was drawn, India has not lost a single match at this historic venue till date. The two players (Sachin and Kumble) were also part of India's first ever victory on South African soil fourteen years later on the same ground.