Sachin Tendulkar Retires From ODI Cricket

[Lurker]

Greatest year of retirement in history? So many legends.

Didnt Lilee, Greg Chappell and Rod Marsh retire in the same Test?? Updated with the link - http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/275376.html

[vvvslaxman]

Didnt Lilee, Greg Chappell and Rod Marsh retire in the same Test?? Updated with the link - http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/275376.html

Not aware of that .. but Tendulkar (in ODIs), Dravid, Punter, Laxman.. great batsmen of their era. In addition to that we had Andrew strauss, Brett Lee retiring in 2012.

[Manny_Pacquiao]

the full 8 hour long video of this whole match, including this innings, along with that 134 match was on google videos. anyone have it?? i never had a chance to download it... google videos has disappeared and so have the videos that were on there... :((

[Jersey #10]

Please ban me. I don't wanna have to do anything with cricket anymore.

[Iconoclast]

Indian team without Sachin will not be the same ... too bad he retired so abruptly ... should have been given a proper farewell on the pitch.

[vvvslaxman]

Indian team without Sachin will not be the same ... too bad he retired so abruptly ... should have been given a proper farewell on the pitch.

yup.. He should have picked a match and announced retirement just before the match. Perfect opportunity would have been a match against Pakistan at chennai which is his favorite ground thus far.

[panther]

Please ban me. I don't wanna have to do anything with cricket anymore.

Neither does 90% of India after he announces his test retirement.

[Sachin=GOD]

Please ban me. I don't wanna have to do anything with cricket anymore.

he's still playing Tests. After that I'll request the same. :(

[Sachin=GOD]

The last ODI he played on Indian soil was the World Cup Final so probably he didn't want to play any ODI in India after that so he retired before the PAK series rather than after the series.

[JaFanatic]

master played his first and last odi against pakistan started with a duck and ended with a half century:bow:

[icf1]

i wish he played the 2015 world cup but nonetheless the team comes before the individual i guess.

[Number]

2200+ runs. avg 56. s/r 89. in world cups. Astonishing.

[Sachin=GOD]

Hanif Mohammad rates Sachin over Bradman

Pakistan batting great, Hanif Mohammad on Tuesday, rated Sachin Tendulkar better than the legendary Australian Sir Donald Bradman and described him as the best batsman he has seen in my life. “I am one of those fortune people who have seen Bradman and Tendulkar bat in my lifetime and in my opinion Tendulkar is the best batsman I have seen in my life,” Hanif said on Tuesday. Hanif, who had earned the sobriquet of “little master” like Tendulkar for his batting feats in the 50s and 60s, said he had not seen a better player than Tendulkar. “I am very sad to hear that Tendulkar has decided to retire from One-day cricket. I hope he continues to play Test matches. Because to my mind he could have played on even in ODIs for another two years,” Hanif said. “He remains to my mind still the best player in the world. I have never seen a more complete player than Tendulkar and I have always been a great admirer of his batting,” Hanif said. The former Pakistan captain is due to leave for India as a goodwill ambassador for the Pakistan cricket Board during the current one-day series. “If possible I will definitely like to meet Tendulkar and have a chat with him in India. It has been a great experience watching him bat all these years,” he added. Overall the Pakistan cricket community has paid rich tributes to Tendulkar but also expressed surprise at the timing of his retirement from ODIs. “It is a bit surprising considering he was always such a fierce competitor against us and wanted to do well against us. His last two innings against us have been half centuries. I would have thought he would chosen this series as his farewell ODI series,” former captain, Wasim Bari said. Bari is also among the chosen goodwill ambassadors for the series in India.

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/hanif-mohammad-rates-sachin-over-bradman/article4238159.ece?homepage=true

[Gunner_Mania]

I wish he had finished against Pakistan in the ODIs - It would have been an ideal send off - a full circle from debut to retirment :(

[zen]

Great player .... sad to see him retire in ODIs even though I think he could have after the 2011 WC .... will be missed In tests, may be he is looking to reach the 200 tests mark (which means playing till the series in SA) and then retire

[Sidhoni]

:hatsoff:

[NareshK]

What a career. I salute the little master. I miss the early days of his career where he was indian team. A legend.

:hysterical:

[Sidhoni]

Social networking site starts campaign asking Sachin Tendulkar to play one last ODI New Delhi : Sachin Tendulkar's retirement from One Day International cricket has left many of his fans disappointed, more so, because the retirement was not announced prior to a match that the Little Master was playing in. pSocial.in, an interest based open social network site, has initiated a campaign following which the company will send a signed letter to the cricketing legend from his fans requesting him to play one last ODI. The company believes that the batting genius deserves a proper farewell. "Through this campaign we aim to get signature of 100,000 Sachin fans," Vineet Budki, director, pSocial.in, said. https://www.facebook.com/psocial.in

[Magneto]

Yes yes :cheer: :cheer: At Wankhede!

[zakk]

agree with saurav