When will Tendulkar/Dravid/Laxman retire?

[The Outsider]

The answer for ODIs looks pretty obvious - the next World Cup for Tendulkar looks to be the logical point at which to stop and that he has not retired yet means he is certainly aiming for it. Dravid and Laxman are already gone from ODIs. Till when will they play test match cricket - we don't have much test match cricket this year or next year. vs. 1. SL in India - Nov. '09 - 3 Tests 2. BD in BD - Dec. '09 - 2 Tests 3. SA in India - Mar. '10 - 3 Tests 4. NZ in India - Nov. '10 - 3 Tests 5. SA in SA - Dec. '10 - 3 Tests 6. WI in WI - Apr. '11 - 4 Tests 7. Eng in Eng - July '11 - 4 Tests 8. WI in India - Nov. '11 - 3 Tests 9. Aus in Aus - Dec. '11 - 4 Tests 10. Pak in India - Mar. '12 - 3 Tests 11. Aus in India - Oct. '12 - 4 Tests Given the huge gap between the South Africa series at home next year and the NZ series in Nov '10, I would say Dravid will retire in that series. He will be past 37 and with the prospect of playing the next test almost at the age of 38 looks unlikely. He might just might go on till the South Africa tour of Dec. '10 at the very best. Laxman is 34 right now and batting fluently. If he maintains his form he could play all the way out to the '12 Test series at home against Australia. Tendulkar might just call it quits completely after the '11 WC but the prospect of 15 tests lined up within a year of the WC completing, makes me think he will carry on till the '11 series in Australia.

[DomainK]

Tendulkar will retire from ODIs after winning the 2019 WC.

[Sachinism]

Tendulkar will retire from ODIs after winning the 2019 WC.

Tendulkar will win 3 world cups for India :yay:

[cowboysfan]

dravid will retire after the SA series in SA.Laxman might play all of 2011-we play an amazing 15 tests that year. I hope sachin plays all of 2011's tests too.

[Mr. Wicket]

Tendulkar will retire from ODIs after winning the 2019 WC.

And Laxman might still express his unhappiness at being left out from the WC squad? :winky: Actually, not a topic I'd like to think about. It'll be soon in the next few years, and sad moments. These are three of the finest batsmen I've ever seen and I don't know if we'll ever see their like again in the future.

[dial_100]

SRT will retire at the end of twenty ten. and Dravid, probably mid twenty ten from the test cricket. SRT will play WC for 1 last time before hanging his boots.

[cochise]

I think both Laxman and Dravid will go around the points 3-4 stage ends. Tendulkar should go on...till when, I am not sure.

[amits]

dravid - by end of this year laxman - will retire after 2011/12 aus series playing his last test against his fav opponent. laxman is 1.5 yrs younger than tendulkar tendulkar - sometime in 2011 or maybe with laxman after 2011/12 aus series

[graphic23]

Never. :((

[h4te]

Tendulkar will think about retiring when his kid makes it into the national squad :isalute:

[ViruRulez]

Tendulkar will think about retiring when his kid makes it into the national squad :isalute:

:two_thumbs_up: And WTH are we worried about Tendulkar retiring .. let him retire when he wishes :icflove:

[Shehezaada]

If Tendulkar retires in 2012, he'll be 39 years old. Another 36 matches. I think 50 centuries is doable if he can last that long. He'll play the 2011 WC and play another 80 odd one day matches, so 50 centuries is doable there too.

[fineleg]

More importantly, succession needs to be there for Tests when they retire. Hope they pass on the Test mantle to players who can evolve into next gen legends!

[Deleted_User_1]

God should play until the day he goes back to heaven.

[The Outsider]

If Tendulkar retires in 2012, he'll be 39 years old. Another 36 matches. I think 50 centuries is doable if he can last that long. He'll play the 2011 WC and play another 80 odd one day matches, so 50 centuries is doable there too.

80 ODIs? He won't even play 40, but in Tests he will like to take one last jab in Auatralia I think

[Shehezaada]

80 ODIs? He won't even play 40' date=' but in Tests he will like to take one last jab in Auatralia I think[/quote'] Let's hope and see..I think he can get to 50 ODI centuries by the time the WC rolls around.

[Rajiv]

Tendulkar will be the first immortal cricketer

[gaurav92]

I think there shud not be any thread posted regarding some legends retirement...they will retire whenever they want to so can i have this thread closed please mods......

[gaurav92]

Tendulkar will be the first immortal cricketer

oh i really hope he lives and plays forever like this and i ll be more than happy to see myself dying b4 his death so that i dont have to see his death i m getting emotional here

[kirtan]

I hope they will retire before they hear much talk about it. I want them, especially RD and SRT, to retire with honor. I can't forgot the talks about kumble's last performance and comparing with amit misra, etc