Dhaka: Bangladesh posted a five-wicket victory over India in the Asia Cup one-day tournament in Dhaka yesterday, despite Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century.

The home side achieved the stiff 290-run target with four balls to spare in the day-night match to keep their hopes of reaching the final alive.

Tamim Iqbal (70), Nasir Hossain (54), Jahurul Islam (53), Shakib Al Hassan (49) and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (46 not out) were Bangladesh's batting stars, while Indian paceman Praveen Kumar took three wickets.

Pakistan have two wins in as many matches, while India and Bangladesh have one victory each after two games. Sri Lanka have lost both of their matches.

The celebrations for the milestone were muted and Tendulkar looked more relieved than elated after scoring the 100th run.

He stood at the non-striker's end looking at his bat for a moment before thanking the heavens. He then raised his helmet towards the crowd, planted a kiss on the Indian cricket logo and was hugged by teammate Suresh Raina.

Tendulkar said the achievement hadn't sunk in.

"It was a tough phase for me. Especially tough when you know that I started off this season batting reasonably well," a tired-looking Tendulkar said.

"I batted well in Australia. I felt at times I was luckless. It doesn't matter how many hundreds you score, you still have to put your head down, grind it out and do the job for the team. "It hasn't sunk in but I have definitely lost about 50 kilos."

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It took the greatest accumulator of runs in international cricket more than a year to score his coveted hundred after he reached 99 centuries with his 111 against South Africa in the World Cup in Nagpur on March 12 last year.

"Precisely a year ago when I got my 99th hundred no one spoke about it during the World Cup. And then it was I guess the media who started all these," Tendulkar added.

"Wherever I went, to restaurants, the house keeping, the room service, whoever I met just spoke about the 100th hundred.

"It became a little difficult mentally, because I am not playing only for my 100th hundred."