Sachin Tendulkar, treated as ‘God
of Cricket’ has finally announced his retirement from ODI cricket, leaving
records which nobody in the present time can even think to
replace. Sachin Tendulkar played 463 ODIs, in which he scored 18,426
runs with 49 centuries and 96 half-centuries, all of them world records. Seeing
the records of numbers of half centuries and centuries made in this format,
the legend has truly made a statement for those who criticized him
that he plays only for the records.
Sachin Tendulkar, the first man
on planet to make a one-day double-hundred, retired by giving a statement: “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. 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.”
10 Greatest Achievements of
Sachin Tendulkar :
- First player to score over 100 innings of 50+ runs.
- Most Man of the Match awards : 62
- Most Man of the Series awards : 15
- Most Centuries in a calendar year : 9 ODI centuries in 1998
- Sachin Tendulkar has played on 96 different grounds – most by any player.
- First player to complete the all-round treble of 10000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches.
- He has played ODIs with 866 players (teammates and opponents) – most for any player in ODI history.
- The only Indian to score a century on ODI captaincy debut.
- 24.50% of all the hundreds scored by all Indian batsmen have come from Sachin Tendulkar’s bat.
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