What made his feat all the more incredible was the fact that he ruthlessly punished the best of the bowlers on the day - Zaheer Khan.
Harbhajan's late flourish with the bat carries the hosts to a 2-0 series win.
A most extraordinary day's cricket at the Kotla. In the 99.5 oversbowled, 217 runs are scored and 17 wickets fall.
The elusive Test hundred hopefully marks the beginning of the end of the wretched form that the captain has been carrying with him for 28 months.
Despite witnessing the early dismissals of Tendulkar and Dravid, the Indian fans are happy as the skipper strikes a purple patch.
The master batsman regains his form and in the company of Ebrahim brings a semblance of respectability to the Zimbabwe total.
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