Breaking News :- Sachin Tendulkar has announced his Retirement
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Sachin Tendulkar announces retirement from ODIs
Putting an end to his 23 year old one-day career, Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar announced retirement from the 50-over format.
The Board of control for cricket in India (BCCI) released Sachin's statement on Sunday morning
"I have decided to retire from the One Day format of the game. I feel
blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup wining
Indian team," Tendulkar said in his statement to the BCCI Chief N
Srinivasan.
"The preparatory process to defend the World Cup in
2015 should begin early and in right earnest. I would like to wish the
team all the very best for the future. I am eternally grateful to all my
well wishers for their unconditional support and love over the years,"
he added.
NEW DELHI: One of the game's all-time greats, Sachin Tendulkar, on Sunday announced his retirement from one-day cricket, bringing to an end a glorious 23-year-old career in the format during which he rewrote numerous batting records.
"I have decided to retire from the One-Day format of the game. I feel
blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup wining
Indian team. The preparatory process to defend the World Cup in 2015
should begin early and in right earnest," the 39-year-old said in a
statement released by the BCCI today.
"I would like to wish
the team all the very best for the future. I am eternally grateful to
all my well wishers for their unconditional support and love over the
years," he added.
Tendulkar, considered the most complete batsman in modern cricket and one who was considered next only to the legendary Sir Donald Bradman, retires from the ODI format at the top of the run-getters' list.
Tendulkar goes out after amassing 18,426 runs in 463 one-dayers at an average of 44.83. The diminutive right-hander has an astonishing 49 hundreds in the format, including a double hundred -- the first in this form of the game.
Tendulkar made his ODI debut against Pakistan way back in 1989 and interestingly he is quitting the scene just ahead of another series against the arch-rivals.
The Mumbaikar, who made himself unavailable for Twenty20 after playing
just one game in 2006, will now remain active in only the Test arena.
The brightest moment of his ODI career came last year when he finally
became part of a World Cup winning Indian team after five previous
appearances.
"I have decided to retire from the One-Day format of the game. I feel blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup wining Indian team. The preparatory process to defend the World Cup in 2015 should begin early and in right earnest," the 39-year-old said in a statement released by the BCCI today.
"I would like to wish the team all the very best for the future. I am eternally grateful to all my well wishers for their unconditional support and love over the years," he added.
Tendulkar, considered the most complete batsman in modern cricket and one who was considered next only to the legendary Sir Donald Bradman, retires from the ODI format at the top of the run-getters' list.
Tendulkar goes out after amassing 18,426 runs in 463 one-dayers at an average of 44.83. The diminutive right-hander has an astonishing 49 hundreds in the format, including a double hundred -- the first in this form of the game.
Tendulkar made his ODI debut against Pakistan way back in 1989 and interestingly he is quitting the scene just ahead of another series against the arch-rivals.
The Mumbaikar, who made himself unavailable for Twenty20 after playing just one game in 2006, will now remain active in only the Test arena.
The brightest moment of his ODI career came last year when he finally became part of a World Cup winning Indian team after five previous appearances.
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