Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to score a double century in one-day internationals as India as amassed 401 for three in the second game of the three-match ODI series against South Africa here on Wednesday.

Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 200 off 147 balls (25x4s, 3x6s). He eclipsed the previous individual highest score of 194 recorded by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles Conventry.