Test-saving hundreds have become extinct now but Sachin Tendulkar carved out one such inning exactly 30 years ago, seeds of which were sown in Sialkot, 8 months prior to that gloomy Manchester day. It was on August 14, 1990, that Tendulkar scored the first of his 100 international centuries, a majestic 119 not out on a fifth day track to save the game for India.
