Sachin Tendulkar breaks record for the highest score in one-day internationals

The Indian batsman, know as the "Little Master", passed the previous highest score for a one-day innings of 194, held jointly by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan and Charles Coventry of Zimbabwe, in the 46th over as India headed for a massive score, but it took him four more overs to reach his landmark, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, his captain, taking most of the strike.

Dhoni hit four sixes and seven fours in a thrilling cameo, making 68 off 35 balls, and if it had not been for a splendid diving stop on the boundary by Hashim Amla to deny a four off the second ball of the last over, Dhoni may have kept Tendulkar waiting even longer. Tendulkar, who was suffering from cramp during an innings of more than three and a half hours, took a single off the third ball to reach 200.