Sachin Tendulkar hits 44th Test century against Bangladesh video

Tendulkar crosses 13,000 Test runs

On a gloomy day when the Indian batting order collapsed in a heap against minnows Bangladesh, Sachin Tendulkar quietly reached yet

another milestone when he became the first batsman to score 13,000 Test runs on Sunday.

The highest run accumulator in both the Test and ODI versions of the game went into the first Test needing 30 runs to reach the milestone. Batting on 28, Tendulkar pulled Mahmudullah in the 36th over and the ball raced to the rope to bring up his 13000 runs in Tests in the 36th over.

Sachin Tendulkar hits 44th Test century against Bangladesh

Tendulkar remained unbeaten on 105 as India were bowled out for 243 in their first innings.

Tendulkar resumed his innings on Day 2 on 76 with India 8 wickets down. Not to be stranded short of a ton, Tendulkar played attacking shots from the word go and hit three fours and a six to get to his second ton in Chittagong, fourth against Bangladesh.