India great Sachin Tendulkar fell agonisingly short of an unprecedented 100th international when he was dismissed for 91 on the fifth day of the fourth Test against England at The Oval here on Monday.

The 38-year-old, whose 51 Test centuries and 48 in one-day internationals are both world records, was closing in on three figures when he fell lbw to the first ball of seamer Tim Bresnan's second spell on the last day of the series.