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Wasim Akram feel the fourth Test at The Oval will provide Sachin Tendulkar with a perfect opportunity to achieve the milestone of scoring 100 international centuries.
Akram is, however, not sure if the champion batsman would be able to get to the marker in the third Test at Edgbaston, where the ball swings around, and the force would be on India to come back into the series.
"I think Tendulkar will reach the landmark in the fourth Test at the oval where he has the best possibility of creating history. But I have no doubt he will get this milestone and become the first batsman to accomplish this record," Akram told reporters in Karachi.
He was in the city to attend the opening of a T20 corporate event being organized by former captain and close friend, Moin Khan at a brand new ground in the posh Defence Housing Society area.
Akram said the force comes from the fact that Tendulkar is standing on the threshold of achieve a landmark no cricketer has come close to in the history of the game.
"There has been so much publicity and build up to this series and mainly around Tendulkar's milestone that clearly the pressure must be felt by the great batsman. Even the greatest of batsman feel the pressure in such situations."
Akram said Tendulkar had not batted badly so far in the series, allowing for the conditions in England.
"You require a bit of luck in English conditions where the ball does a lot and unfortunately he has not got that bit of luck. But I think his best chance of scoring his 100th international hundred will be at the Oval," he added.
The pacer, who has played a number of times next to Tendulkar, said there was no uncertainty about the greatness of the Indian.
"To be able to score 100th international hundreds is an wonderful achievement and I don't see anyone coming close to it for a long long time," Akram said.
India, who have lost the first two Tests by huge margins, are grapple with several fitness issues with top players like Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh down with injuries.
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