Having struggled against the spin of Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar in the first innings of the Chennai Test, India were left to chase 387 on a deteriorating pitch. in the middle Tendulkar nurtured the chase, hardly ever looking under pressure, scampering through for singles like a teenager, breaking shackles every now and then with odd boundaries. The final one of those boundaries finished the chase and also brought up that elusive century.