241* - SACHIN TENDULKAR, Sydney, 2004
 

The 2003-04 tour was a watershed moment for India as they managed to draw the Test series after the 3-0 drubbing, they got on their last tour to Australia on the 1999 tour. The captain of the Indian team in that series was Sachin Tendulkar, who had a lot to give back to the Aussies on this tour.

Sachin had a fairly lean series with the bat, not even scoring a fifty before the final Test in Sydney. Tendulkar had been getting out while having a go outside the off stump and in the final Test of the series, with a chance of winning the Test match, decided to cut out the strokes outside off stump completely from his repertoire.

This led to Sachin Tendulkar scoring his first double century in down under and scored 241*in 436 balls with 33 fours. He completely cut out the cover drive and off drive shots out of his arsenal and left everything outside off stump in a show of immense mental intensity and concentration. He was well aided by VVS Laxman, who made 178 and Parthiv Patel, who made 62 and helped Sachin cross his double century.

His double hundred took India to their highest Test score in Australia at 705/7d.