Sachin Tendulkar quits One day Cricket
Sachin Tendulkar has retired from One day cricket. Tendulkar finishes an illustrious career in the 50-over format, having played 463 ODIs, scored 18,426 runs and made 49 centuries, each of them a world record. His last ODI was against Pakistan in Dhaka during the Asia Cup, where he made a half-century in India's victory.
Sachin Tendulka Talk - Press News
"I have decided to retire from the One Day format of the game," he said in a statement. "I feel blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup winning Indian team. 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."
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All About Sachin Tendulkar
- Sachin Tendulkar scored his maiden hundred in his 79th match
- He holds the wodd record for most number of matches (463), most runs (18,426), most centuries (49), and most fifties (96)
- Tendulkar has bagged the most number of 'man of the match' (62) and 'man of the series' (15) awards
- Between April 1990 and Apnl '98,Tendulkar played 185 consecutive matches — a world record
- He has played on 96 different grounds, the most by any player
- He is the only player to have scored more than 14,000 runs
- Tendulkar scored the bulk of his runs (15,310) opening the Innings, including 45 centuries and 75 fifties in 340 innings — the most by an opener
- He was the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs (200 no, against South Africa at Gwalior on Feb. 24, 2010)
- Tendulkar was the first player to complete the all-round treble of 10,000 runs, 100 wickets, and 100 catches.
- He holds the record for scoring 1,000 runs in a calendar year the maximum number of times (seven)
- He is only the second player (after Javed Miandad) to appear in six World Cups—from 1992 to 2011.
- Tendulkar has scored the most number of runs in World Cup history (2,278), including six tons and 15 fifties
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