Sachin Tendulkar retires from one-day cricket
10:34AM Sun 23 Dec, 2012
Legendary Indian batsman, who is world's top run-scorer in one-day cricket, hangs up his boot amid poor form.
[caption id="attachment_18035" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Tendulkar set the record for highest run-scorer in ODIs with a total of 18,426 runs in 463 matches [AP][/caption]Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricket legend, has announced the end of his illustrious career in one-day-international (ODI) cricket, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said.
"I have decided to retire from the one-day format of the game," said Tendulkar in a statement released on Sunday.
"I feel blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup winning Indian team (in 2011)."
The 39-year-old Indian batsman is the world's top run-getter in one-day cricket, with 18,426 runs from 463 matches at an average of 44.83 with 49 centuries and also holds the record for scoring the highest runs in the test cricket.
Also known as the Little Master, Tendulkar was the first batsman in the history of the one day game to score a double century.
He has not explicitly stated whether he will continue to play in Test cricket.
Tendulkar is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of the game, next only to Sir Donald Bradman.
His decision to retire was to aid the preparatory process which would select the players for the Indian cricket team for the 2015 World Cup.
The batting legend was nominated into the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper House of Parliament, in June this year.
Source : Al Jazeera
Tendulkar set the record for highest run-scorer in ODIs with a total of 18,426 runs in 463 matches [AP][/caption]Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricket legend, has announced the end of his illustrious career in one-day-international (ODI) cricket, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said.
"I have decided to retire from the one-day format of the game," said Tendulkar in a statement released on Sunday.
"I feel blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup winning Indian team (in 2011)."
The 39-year-old Indian batsman is the world's top run-getter in one-day cricket, with 18,426 runs from 463 matches at an average of 44.83 with 49 centuries and also holds the record for scoring the highest runs in the test cricket.
Also known as the Little Master, Tendulkar was the first batsman in the history of the one day game to score a double century.
He has not explicitly stated whether he will continue to play in Test cricket.
Tendulkar is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of the game, next only to Sir Donald Bradman.
His decision to retire was to aid the preparatory process which would select the players for the Indian cricket team for the 2015 World Cup.
The batting legend was nominated into the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper House of Parliament, in June this year.
Source : Al Jazeera
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