The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is Sachin Tendulkar's favourite venue, looking at his staggering average here of 221, and there can't be a more perfect stage for him to hit his 100th hundred than the 100th Test here, starting Tuesday.

The SCG was the centre of a major controversy in 2008 in the last Test between the two sides, which notoriously come to be known as Monkeygate, and Australian media has dug it up to tarnish Tendulkar's image by linking him to it just when he is looking to get to his greatest milestone here.