Tendulkar equals Gavaskar's record

Sachin Tendulkar equalled Sunil Gavaskar's world record of 34 Test centuries.

Tendulkar achieved the milestone when he took a single off paceman Tapas Baishya on the second day of the first  Test against Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at Dhaka on Saturday.

Interestingly, Gavaskar's 34th century had come in his 206th innings, while Tendulkar is playing only his 192nd innings.

He also became only the third player in history of Test cricket, after South Africa's Gary Kirsten and Australia's Steve Waugh to score centuries against all Test-playing nations.

The century against Bangladesh is the 19th for Tendulkar away from home -- a new world record. He was earlier at level with Sunil Gavaskar with 18 centuries.

Tendulkar's 34 centuries have been made on 25 different grounds -- four at Chennai, three apiece at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo and Nagpur, two apiece at Ahmedabad and Sydney and once each at Bloemfontein, Bangalore, Cape Town, Colombo (Premadasa), Delhi, Dhaka, Edgbaston, Headingley, Johannesburg, Kolkata, Lucknow, Melbourne, Mohali, Multan, Mumbai (Wankhede), Old Trafford, Perth, Port-of-Spain, Trent Bridge and Wellington.

Countrywise break-up of Tendulkar's 34 centuries -- 15 in India, 4 apiece in Australia, England and Sri Lanka, 3 in South Africa and one apiece in Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan and West Indies. Zimbabwe is the only country where Tendulkar has not yet scored a century.

A comparative study of Gavaskar and Tendulkar:

Country-wise break-up of centuries:

Gavaskar	Country	Tendulkar
8	Australia	7
4	England	6
x	South Africa	3
13	West Indies	3
2	New Zealand	3
5	Pakistan	2
2	Sri Lanka	6
x	Zimbabwe	3
x	Bangladesh	1
34	TOTAL	34

x - did not appear against that particular country

No.of centuries scored in each segment of 25 innings:

Gavaskar	Innings	Tendulkar
5	1-25	3
4	26-50	5
4	51-75	3
8	76-100	7
2	101-125	6
3	126-150	5
4	151-175	2
2	176-200	3
2	201-214	-

Centuries at home and abroad:

Gavaskar	Location	Tendulkar
16	Home	15
18	Away	19

Centuries with respect to results:

Gavaskar	Result	Tendulkar*
6	for Winning cause	10
6	for Losing cause	8
22	in Drawn affairs	15

* discounting Dhaka's innings since the result is not yet known

Centuries in first/second/third/fourth innings:

Gavaskar	Innings	Tendulkar
11	in first innings	14
12	in second innings	11
7	in third innings	7
4	in fourth innings	2

Centuries at various positions:

Gavaskar	Position	Tendulkar
33	as an opener	0
0	at # 3	0
1	at # 4	29
0	at # 5	3
0	at # 6	2