Sachin Tendulkar: Revisiting the double hundreds of the Master Blaster

#3 248 not out vs Bangladesh, 10^th December 2004

Sachin’s highest ever test score came against Bangladesh in 2004

After Bangladesh flattered to 184 in their first innings, India made light work of the Bangla bowling attack, and amassed 526 runs in the 2^nd innings. Eventually, Bangladesh stumbled to 202 all out in the 3^rd innings, giving India a handsome victory by an innings and 140 runs. Tendulkar notched up his highest score of an unbeaten 248 off 379 deliveries in Dhaka.

This Test match is also famous for 133 run partnership for the last wicket between Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan. Zaheer Khan hit an enterprising 75 runs, which was the record highest score by a number 11 batsman at the time.