Ahmedabad, November 15: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni wants Sachin Tendulkar to celebrate his 20 years in international cricket by scoring a hundred in the first Test against Sri Lanka starting here tomorrow.
“It can’t get better than this…playing Test cricket after a long time, Sachin completing 20 years. Hopefully he will score a century. It can’t get better than Sachin completing 20 years and getting a century (in the match),” said Dhoni at the pre-match media conference here today.
The 36-year-old Tendulkar made his debut on November 15, 1989 when he played against Pakistan in Karachi and has, since then, set many records in both Tests and ODIs.
He is the highest run-accumulator and century-maker in both forms of the game. The veteran has 42 Test and 45 one-day hundreds to his credit.
–PTI