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After 40 years since the advent of one-day international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar rewrote history by breaking the 200-run barrier on a day when batting records and the South African bowlers took a beating, in Gwalior. When he turned Wayne Parnell to square leg for two in the 46th over, Tendulkar eclipsed Saeed Anwar and Charles Coventry's record for the highest individual score of 194, but his muted reaction on reaching that milestone confirmed that he had his sights set on a bigger accomplishment.

It was that kind of a day - the way Tendulkar started gave the impression that he was in the zone. Virender Sehwag perished early, but Dinesh Karthik settled into the support role perfectly. Karthik brought up his personal best, and helped Tendulkar add 194 for the second wicket, before Yusuf Pathan and MS Dhoni played destructive cameos to torment the visitors. Dhoni brought up his 50 off 28 balls with a violent hoick over long off in the penultimate over, with Tendulkar still one run away from the 200, but the special moment came in the final over of the innings from Charl Langeveldt, when Sachin took a single off the third ball to become the first man ever to reach 200 in an ODI & MS Dhoni provided the icing on the cake, cracking two fours from the remaining three balls to take the team score to 401/3 off 50 overs.