"When we used to play, we thought no one can break Sunil Gavaskar's record. No one could think about 50 Test centuries at that time. This is certainly a big knock under the circumstances, better than the 200s and 300s"- Kapil Dev
"Well, it's such a record that you can only compare it with Bob Beamon's long-jump world record set in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico. At that time it seemed that it would never be broken. Tendulkar's 50 Test centuries is one such records which doesn't look like being surpassed"- Sunil Gavaskar
"Sachin's feat is unbelievable.I was as thrilled as rest of my countrymen"-Bishan Singh Bedi
"I congratulate Sachin and his whole family. He is the greatest batsman of the game. He is only getting better with age"- Sourav Ganguly
"Every run that comes off Sachin's blade is a record. He has shown the world how to perform under pressure"- Sharad Pawar
"Tendulkar can now rightly lay claim to the title of being the greatest batsman in cricket history. And if some people argue about his greatness then there are certainly no arguments about his being the most prolific, he is a complete run machine and his 50th Test hundred is a testimony of his endurance and passion for the sport"- Rashid Latif
"It was clear to us even when he walked out to bat in that Test as a teenager that he had talent. The fact that he has been around for 21 years and done justice to that god gifted talent in both forms of the game is an achievement any cricketer would be proud off. It will be difficult for anyone to break his record"- Javed Miandad
"I think it is just the way he has changed the game overall and his own game because there are so many situations he has faced. He is now competing mostly against himself, like most great cricketers do. I think he has mastered all of them. The only challenge he has is to beat himself every time he walks out there because he has done almost everything"- Kumar Sangakkara
"Tendulkar's 50th Test hundred amongst his most important for India, thrilled"- Shashi Tharoor
"It's the greatest achievement by a batsman ever"- Yuvraj Singh
"There is little doubt in my mind that this is one of the great moments in Test cricket"- Harsha Bhogle
"He is the God of cricket and it's a super human effort. He has dedicated 21 years in International cricket and that's amazing"- K Srikkanth
"It was an absolutely outstanding innings, an outstanding milestone in history of cricket. It has never happened in the history of cricket and I don't think anybody would ever reach such a milestone. It's been 21 years but he has retained the same enthusiasm, which I saw in 1988. He is so focussed, so passionate and disciplined. Every time he occupies the crease, there is a record."- Dilip Vengsarkar
"This was expected... This is one of the finest achievements in cricket history. It is a fantastic performance by Sachin . Records do not matter to him. He will keep playing and records will follow him."- Chandu Borde
"The innings showed his keenness and caliber. I was very impressed by the way he ran between the wickets. It's a monumental effort and a great achievement. It's an unbelievable performance and no cricketer can come close to this mark, leave alone erasing it"- Gundappa Vishwanath
