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Preface

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, man with a billion heart beats. The one who kept inspiring billions of people

with his brilliance on and off the field.

23 dec 2012, many across the globe have started their Sunday with broken heart by hearing the news

that ODI cricket is no more. Yes you heard it correct, One man retired from playing and billions retiredfrom watching cricket.

Sachin, we respect and stand by what ever you have done till date and we will continue to do it for restof our life.

Sachinist.com and all its members were left with heavy heart after hearing the news but we respect the

move you have taken and our whole intention in making this book is to show you that we still love you

and we will miss you.

Sachin there are billions of hearts beating for you and what may come we will always be with you.

The only wish we have is to see for at least few more years if not many more years. With eyes filled withtears all I can say is there is no more World Cup for us.

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Pavan K umar Kur icheti . Admin & F ounder Sachin ist.com.

Dec 23, 2012 , around 11 in the morning since then the reason that kept brining smile on my face isbrining tears. For the first since nov 1999 I shed my tears for Sach.

I always want to have smile on my face thats the reason I had got Tendulkar tattoo on my hand.

I cant put words here as tears are expressing the emotion better than words. Sach no matter what youwill remain in my heart as my GOD till my last breath. Will slowly learn to live my life with this pain.

Thanks for making me and every Indian proud.

Bobby Reddy - M anager , sachini st.com

I Cried Like A Kid At The Age Of 24. My Sincere Condolences To My Body For Losing Its Mental Strength.No One Else Would've Done This. But I Did. But Every Tear Drop Has Every Single Right To TouchSachin's Feet !!!!!!!


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Akshara M - M anager , sachini st.com

Sachin!!! Seriously I dont know how to start with as I have thousands of memories of yours :( But I wouldsurely say that the ODI cricket has lost its spine!!!The epic effort of the man who carried India in ODI for23 years has ended finally with tears for your fans like me!!!! I have been seeing cricket only for you andonly because of you!!! Sachin, you have been delighting me since 1996 i.e. only I was 6 years old then,when I was a child who people around me speak about one and only U, Sachin. The thirst of expectationsfor people to see you has never been ended after your unconquerable legacy with the willow!!I stillremember people who even broke their TV sets after u got out :( I wonder how difficult is to be Sachinhandling billions and billions of expectations on your shoulders which none of the sportsman has in India!!U have given me so much happiness with your knocks and also sleepless nights:) I was sleepless after

your knock of 175 Vs aussies and tears kept rolling from my eyes till the morning !!!! You are the manwho redefined ODI's, the man who ripped apart the bowling great's Waquar, Wasim, Saqulain..All thesehave ended on December 2012 :( Ur Dedication, Devotion, Determination on the field and off the field hasbeen the key source for inspiration and motivation for youths.

U have been Wielding the winning willow for 23 years and I still hope for the same in upcoming testseries.. I wish to see my old lovable Sachin Tendulkar in tests with bold brush of strokes in your owncanvas!!! I humble request from me, please dont ever give such shocks to your fans all of sudden, thepain is unbearable sachin!! we would have loved you to see for the very last time with the colored jerseyNo:10 :( I still believe you have an eye of an tiger!! I would be pleasured if you tweet me at least once inmy lifetime:P If you read this in any day of ur life just send me a tweet @akshara_m :DLOVE YOU SACHIN!!! NOW AND FOREVER :)


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Jairam - Supporti ng M anager , sachini st.com

The moment seeing the news I became dumb struck for more than 24 hours I was even unable to talkwith any one ,I was just feeling like someone very special in my life is missing in life, that moment I at timestepped out of my room went top terrors of the building to make sure that no one knows that I am crying,for 2 days I was running out of words ,I dont know with whom should I share ,I am t rying to pull outmyself of that pathetic situation of that disasters day of world cricket but I remained as a failure. Some ofmy friends asked me at that time what is there in this ,why are you going so sad for sachin retirementdont behave like fool ,my answer was :I was just a kid of nearly 3 to 4 I heard sachin name but I dontremember or know what sachin does I used to see one of my neighbor playing cricket ,later on in 1996 Istarted knowing about cricket ,by seeing Sharjah in 1998 I was completely addicted to sachin ,do ubelieve in god whom you can never see ,God doesnt mean that who does magics or creates pleasestart believing God present in people ,Sachin is the one with Dedication and Passion about his gamealways True giving 100% to his game ,hes the only one having the nature of Generosity and Humanityfor me I dont know about cricket ,I know only Sachin cricket its.I love Sachin and Admire Sachin becauseSachin is Beyond Cricket ,I never adored cricket ,I always adored Sachin.

In the end all I can say is Thanks for your billions of memories you left , whatever I will be with you all thetime forever and ever.

Badr iNar ayanan , seni or member , sachin ist.com


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Tejas J dattani

When i was 7 years old my father tell me about sachin....i started watching cricket seeing sachin.i started loving cricket seeing sachin batting..i started playing cricket because of sachin.....I started enjoying cricket because of Sachin..He became my idol because.....His Dedication-----------He h as been playing in indian cricket team since 1989

Positive Attitude-----------------

Always think positive.( Success ) Provide guidance to the other player if required


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Never Lose Hope------------------He can play in any situation.

He knows when to hit the ball.


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He knows when to leave it

He knows how to play in every situation


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He Never lose the temper.. He has the passion of playing the cricket

He knows how to deal!!


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He has great sportsman spirit !!

always ready help poor people.

God has been the great career .

Form Sachin I learnt a lot How to fight till last, Never lose hope, Always be positive..


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And when I think of cricket

Only One Face came in my mind that is Sachin Tendulkar

About My feeing After the shocking new

When critics are talking about Sachin I ignore them and I know he can do it After getting news of Sachin retirement I am very shocked..

He is god of cricket he has also many cricket left, He still has the ability to play, I really appreciate hisdedication, He give Indian team everything he can gave


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Best of luck for his bright future, Salute the master for his efforts

Being Sachini st- The Jour ney with Sachi n Tendul kar

That day I like usually logged into my accounts of Orkut & Facebook . In one of the Sachin community oforkut, saw a thread , Tendulkar retires from ODI Firstly couldnt believe that at all. These days we watch & read so much speculation about Sachins retirement from so called experts & media cookedstories that do we believe anything on this ? So I too couldnt. But in the same thread sad commentstarted appearing with Sachins statement. Then I bec ame somewhat serious. Without wasting any time, quickly I visited some cricket web sites which I trust. And there too the same news appeared in boldletters. Shock & disbelief suddenly went through my heart. Though that was expected some day, not atthis time, not at all ! Big Lump suddenly came into my throat . I quickly turned off my PC without readingfull news. I consoled myself that keep these tears for his last ODI which he will play against Pakistanseries. I of course expected he will play farewell series, because there was news day before that he isgoing to play Pak series. So, to know his retirement news descriptively I switched on news channels &

suddenly there I came to know that he is not playing upcoming series either & Asia Cup match vs. Pakwill be his last one , then I couldnt control myself. Tears filled my eyes & memories of him facinglikes of Mcgrath , Lee , Warne , Vas, Malinga , Murli , Akram, wakar , Shaoaib , Saklen, Donald , Steyn,Pollock ,Kallis , Walsh, Ambrose , etc. etc. were continuously coming . Cant compare my that mentalcondition, pain & day with any other day in my life. After all, I grew with Sir Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar !

From my childhood to this day Sachin always laid his emphasis on me inmany ways. What I learned from my parents or read or taught by teachers was happening live in front of


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me. From how to reach in a top position from common kid , importance of practice & hard work &dedication in life, how to keep head cool in hardships & how to defeat those hardships both on the ground& off the ground. Being physically h andicapped it was so important to me to keep me motivated insomething. I still remember the day when I first saw him on T.V. May be it was 1993 . Before that cricketwas just a sport to me . Rather boring. My grandpa was a cricket fan so he was watching the matchwhenever it was on TV. He told me what it was all about , rules & all. Being just 4 years old it wasimpossible to keep this in mind. Naturally it was boring to me all time. But on that day I saw SachinTendulkar first time. Though cricket was not known to me 80 % , still I could see difference between him& other batsmen. How easily he was hitting the ball, crossing the boundary & how easily & rapidly he wasscoring runs in comparison of others. I curiously asked mom, Who is he ? She replied : SachinTendulkar . From that day I am the die hard fan of him till now !

Those days of course I was still not that much aware of cricket.But became fan of Sachin Tendulkar more than a blind fan. Whenever match was there I was interestedin nothing more than just Sachin. Whenever he comes to bat I was ready with my bat in home. Imitatinghim playing everytime. Even I was considering myself him. So was playing the same shots Sachinplayed . For eg. If he played cover drive on TV I was doing same on my next delivery. Forcing others tobowl the same delivery Sachin faced. And even when he got out, I also used to do the same in sameway. Sometimes when he already lost his wicket before my switching on T.V. It was the hugedisappointment & cry for me. My 3-5 years passed like this. Whenever he was out , I used to be alwaysin huge surprise why he got out ? What happened wrong? It was still clear if it was bowled & high catch.But other ways like caught behind, close catch, LBW , Stumped were not always clear for me. And maybe it was the same time after when I used to take interest in Cricket fully & also in other aspects of that . Itwas the beginning of 1995.

And that was the period of 94 95 , I started to take interest in cricket ina positive way & in each aspect of it. By understanding it I became Sachin fan & admired him even more.But this time it was very different thing. The blindness of following him was gone & it was real admirationby knowing what he is exactly doing. Before that he was angel, magician, superman type for me. But that

time I really came to know who was he & why he was so important to cricket. He was not god for me likeany other fan I openly say that. Or should I say when I grew old more & taken interest in cricket it allcame me in more realistic way. May be because am more practical & rational. But then from god he wasbecoming most perfect batsman I have ever seen . That process was not complete in 94-95. It fullycompleted & he became most perfect batsman for me in the great year 1998.

Meanwhile I was enjoying him in more realistic way and admiring him & his greatness day by dayespecially in ODI cricket. Started to understanding various shots in cricket & beauty. When I first readabout some batsman that hissome shot was beautiful, I wondered what so special & beautifull in hittingthe ball? Yes , it is thrill but beauty? I understood the beauty in it when saw Sachin hitting drives all over &fielders running to get a ball. Many of his great innings I witnessed in that period. Test cricket was moredifficult to understand because of more calculations, two inning total, lead , trail, follow on & all that. ODIwas simple like team scoring more runs , wins also test cricket was time consuming. So because ofschools couldnt see it more like that of ODI cricket. ODI cricket was simple, less time & still no lessskillful cricket than test cricket. That because of legends in almost every team making opponents win verydifficult. Only geniuses could overpower them . Tendulkar was of course greatest brand ambassador ofODI cricket. And in this atmosphere came the World Cup 1996 in India.

It was the real treat for cricket fans like us. By this time I gained the muchmore knowledge of cricket at least in ODI . And I started to admire other legends in cricket also. In that


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decade of 90s cricket saw more legends than any ot her decade. But still Sachin was hero & was king ofcricket undoubtedly. Till this time I only watched Indias matches & teams against which India played. Butthis was the real chance to see the different legends & teams on same platform. And it was a wonderfulexperience for me. Again it was proved that Sachin is way ahead than any other. And it was the sametime when I first saw India loosing even when Sachin performing. And it was the time when the wholeworld sensed how team India dependant rather totally on Sachin & leaving everything on him. In factwhole India including me expecting Sachin to win the world cup for India. Because he was totally on hispeak of his career. ( Well, this man was in his peak form almost everytime. But those 10 years from 1993-2003 really define him as Sachin Tendulkar) But all were forgetting team consist of 11 players. But thisman was having no complaint whatsoever. In a game of Australlia I first witnessed how Indian batting isentirely dependent on Tendulkar. That was a real showcase match in Mumbai my hometown. All wereinterested in Sachin Mcgrath, Sachin- Warne battle same like me. Aus scored 250 runs. And at that itwas a match winning score like 300-320 of today. World class bowling attack in almost every teamexcept India was the reason, And on those conditions two early wickets lost early. And then Sachinstarted raining in boundaries. He totally attacked mcgrath & started rain of shots everywhere. Took 25 +runs in first two overs of him. It is still considered horrible run rate in this time. That time it was tsunami +hurricane. Same he done with Warne. It was a trailer of Sachin Warne epic battles in future. 250 runs

were looking at a cakewalk for India. And after 90 + runs Sachin stumped on mark Waugh ball. His mostrare form of getting out. I was frustrated & strongly felt Match geli (Match slipped through Indias hands)same happened. Then came semi final of Sri- Lanka. The day of my bday. Indias win & Sachins centurycould be a real gift for me. But on that day after toss India put Sri lanka bat. Though was not fully aware ofreason , still cursed Azhar because batting first was not anytime good decision to put opponent inpressure. Later some years when I read about this match then I realized how biggest blunder that wasbecause that was a turning track. Batting second on slow & turning pitch was suicidal. Still in thiscondition bowlers managed to pick jaysurya early & restrict Sl to 250. And then again Indian batsmanstarted felling like house of cards. But as usual Sachin was raining runs & playing defensively wheneverneeded. Unaware of what is turning pitch I started to wonder what is happening to all batsmen & why onlySachin can play? Later when I read about turning track , respect for him increased 10 times because thatdefined the class of him . But on that day only Sachin could get 65 & after his wicket India was 8-120 &match given to sl because of spectators anger. Those memories I still cant forget & in that w.cup. I learntvaluable lesson in life, whatever the situation is, may nobody help u , but true warrior should get going.From that world cup, Sachin became close to my heart & somebody close rather than just my hero. Alsopride of India & me. Sachin started to become insp iration in my life than just hero. I thought I cant be acricketer & cant be him but I will be like him someday.

Again next years went the same. Tendulkar was still goingstrong. And the most fearsome & complete than any other day. He was impressed with match winninginnings . And scene of he driving the ball beautifully straight & between covers and fielders runningbehind it , but it feels more like they are running with fear as if blast had happened somewhere. Samewas his pulls & glances. Facing of him with bowling legends was delight to watch. Many batting legendswere introduced & going strong. I enjoyed there batting too & respected them a lot. But no one can comenear Sachin was became my opinion & of course still it is. Technology in cricket telecasting was alsoimproved & they were showing wagon wheel , runs scored by a batsman etc. etc. Always it was thrillingto watch the graph of Tendulkar vs. other players. And it was many times clearly seen that Tendulkar vs.opponent team picture was most fruitful than even after adding 2-3 players other than him. As a Sachinfan it was always delightful to see those pictures especially vs. Aus to see how easily he dominated onthem. I really cant explain these experience in words. This will always be in my memories.


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Meanwhile Azhars captaincy was started failing continuously &India was not doing well. We all wanted Sachin to captain India & so one day he became. I felt so happythat day. It was like I have recived some honor myself. But sadly it didnt go well. He could not became assuccessful captain as he could be. He never performed poorly his avg. was very good & he was leadinggood . But he never got support from some other players. Slowly that pressure started to affect hisperformance & again Azhar renamed as captain. That was a sad day for me as I really wanted him to bea successful captain.

Then came that awesome innings of Sharjah, which isstill considered as one of the greatest innings in ODI. That inning was really one of the perfect & finestinnings of him. It was a very good innings against quality attack. Because Sachin alone played thereoutstandingly. I remember the every moment of both innings. First inning where it was difficult ratheralmost impossible to qualify for finals in those conditions. But because of his innings India not onlyqualified but came in the position to win. But after Sachins wicket couldnt win that. Again in finals hescored & India won that tournament. I still remember most of both innings even with commentary like ,six , going going gone, what a player, what a player, the only player most closet to bradman then thatsandstorm , even remember the straight drive which gone into non striker gangulys direction and heducked & smiled back to him. Remember each & every bit of him . When he greeted with the bat, it wasfelt like he is showing that bat to me !

Then come 1999 world cup. Sachin played again played very well inthat tournament. But more limelight & success were received by Rahul & Saurav. But there was a inningof Sachin in bristal that was greatest inning in that world cup easily. Before that inning Sachin lost hisfather and he went to home. But after one match absence he again came to play like a true warrior bykeeping emotions aside. He played 140* against Kenya. Kenya was weak opponent , but under whichcircumstance he came & he played it was a real masterpiece. In Sachins absence India couldnt evendefeat Zimbabwe. And then he came like a soldier appearing on his duty. That time in our area recently amall was opened. So we went to see it. I was confused because I was first seeing the mall in my life. Wecame into a restaurant. Indian inning was just started & Sachin came to batting. I felt relived. That was myfamiliar world. That was my comfort zone. And I watched the whole inning there & after the century allrestaurant gave him a standing ovation. That was again a teaching moment for me a lesson of Duty first

Till 2003 again it was the same thing . He amazing all with hisskills & shots & runs. Really like already said cant write those things in words. Just unable to write thesefeelings into words. Those moments are precious & still alive in the memories. Period of his playing in1993-2003 just out of this world!

Meanwhile again he became captain and started his journey with winning stroke. In this period there was so tough situation for him to face on the field. It wasreally high pressure period. From controversial match fixing topic to groupeizm in team. Also cheatingfrom opponent team . In 1999 aus tour the umpiring was really at his worst. And they clearly favored

Australia. Many times they gave him false out. But Sachin didnt act rudely. That period as a captain healways had to speak a lot. But he never lost temper or criticized other players in the team. That time &every time he always remains humble in nature. Never behaves like I am the best batsman ever. Thispoliteness & humbleness is always a very good lesson for me. Whenever I got award or receivedappreciation I always kept that thing in mind. When in those times match fixing top ic was at its best.Many Indians & world cricket players were pointed in that. But for Sachin nobody could point finger onhim. Because he gained that trust in all those years.


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This ti me also he couldnt be captain till long. He himself leftthe captaincy & I had to accept his decision with heavy hearts. Saurav became the new captain. By thattime match fixing was very much under control & those clouds got cleared from Indian cricket. UnderSaurav & John wright Indian cricket was getting new height. Players like Jumbo, Rahul & VVS weredeveloped outstandingly as match winners. New players like Veeru , Zaheer & Bhajji also contributedtowards a great success. Sachin was always on top but burden was him reduced to some extent, unlike90s where team was totally dependent on him & his wicket means match gone. Now India becamestrong as a unit. And Sachin was contributing huge to team towards a great success.

In 2003 world cup India reached till finals after 20 years. AndSachin performed outstandingly superb with 673 runs on the whole. World witness one more greatestknock in ODI where Sachin scored 98 of just 75 balls against Pakistan. Pakistan batting first posted ahuge total of 273 which was victorious for them having Wasim, Wakar & Shoaib . But Sachin from thefirst ball , where he took strike first time on first ball just to protect or guide Viru from Wasims bowling.That was again a proof of He thinks India more than himself. And he started attacking beautifully. Shoaibwas too overconfident about his speed that day. And in his second over he hit beautiful six to him. Took14 runs from his over & Shoaib refused to bowl next over ! That was enough to say Sachin was in a verydifferent mood that day. Even with back to back wickets of Viru & Dada he kept his head cool & didnt losttempo of run rate. He got cramps in his legs & till the end it became very painful. But it was no need ofrunning. Because in almost all over he was striking one or two glorious boundaries. But in the end he tookrunner but on very next delivery he got out of Shoaibs Throwed ball. Shoaib really threw the ball whichbecame unplayable for him in that condition. He missed the century made match winning 98. But those 2runs cant take away greatness of that innings. Easliy one of the greatest ODI knock & my most favouriteknock of him.

But in finals again when he got out, India lost. But of coursethere was a huge score to chase. He was committed to win the world cup. But we couldnt do it in 2003.He got man of the tournament in that, but he said he is not happy with this award. Because he wanted theother trophy. Which again showed he values the team most than himself ?

Meanwhile read many of his interviews where he spoke about his journey .His struggle for cricket , his hectic schedule of school & practice , after that practice on hanging ball inhome his passion & concentration , wetting the ball & playing on it just to practice the uneven bounce.These were so important lessons in my life. And it became a guideline how to chase a dream which isyour passion ! And then came the most hard phase in his life . Injury of tennis elbow!

That tennis elbow phase was the hardest phase inhis life. First time in his career he didnt played for almost a year. And after then he faced a most hugebadpatch in his career. He was not remained as a dominant batsman as he was before. He was notscoring runs that regularly that he was. And whenever he was scoring he wasnt that Sachin Tendulkarwhom all world knows. Many times gave wicket to less skilled bowlers. Talks of his retirement started andwere always troubling him. Immense pressure started to fall on him. But still he was cool minded. And

when he regained his form he always silenced critics with his bat. But that phase of 2005-2007 was avery difficult for me as a Sachinist. All were criticizing him & telling him to retire. I was surprised how cananyone be so rude to him to rule out the career of 15-16 year like that ? But was feeling like am aloneSachin fan left on this planet. And in the same period superstitions regarding him began :1. Watch hisinning in full concentration & no disturbance 2. No surfing channels in break between overs 3. Eitherwatch his inning start to end or not to watch at all (It is my experience that whenever I switched off duringhis batting he was out) 4.Switching of the mobiles completely & not to talk with anyone during that etc.etc. About that injury he spoke letter. That: It was so tough like I was feeling like this is a end of my


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career. There was a phase when I couldnt even lift a plastic bat. But still how he kept his head cool &believed on himself. Those lines are always in my heart. Are always inspirational for me. Taught me howto remain positive in most difficult situation it helped me many ways. From difficult situations to illness.Even when I was ill & hospitalized in this October , negative thoughts were coming in mind continuously.But I always tried to kept myself positive by recollecting his lines.

After 2007 world cup again he improved tremendously. His badpatch was over & he came back to normal & continued thrashing bowlers as always. From 2009 hestarted to play lesser ODIs to concentrate on test & to keep himself fit to play 2011 world cup. 2010 hehad tremendous year in tests where he scored 7 centuries in that year against various teams. He playedonly one ODI that year. But who can forget that ?

Actually at that time it was my college exam in few days & I had to studyhard for that because it was incomplete. When I switched on the T.V. for some time I saw Sachin inconfident pose & in mood to thrash the bowlers. I switched of the T.V. as I had study plus I couldnt watchit a second more because I knew I cant watch his full inning because of study. The superstition of eitherwatch him full or completely dont was st ill fresh in mind. So deciding not to take risk I resumed my study.When he in his 150s relative called me to say he scored 150 & still many overs are left. Now I couldntcontrol myself immediately stopped studying & switched on T.V. Next 50 runs I was completely with himimagining scoring every run with him. I was so closed to him that when he touched that 200 I felt I haveachieved something in my life. Even the commentary of that ball is still fresh in my mind. It was a perfectindicator that how ready he was for next world cup.

Sachin had climbed every record-mountain- from highest ODI run getter to highest Test run getter andfrom most number of international centuries in both formats to play most number of international matches,every run Tendulkar scores update the cricket record book on its own. Critics were saying that World Cuptriumph still remains for the little master but I was knowing , cricket is a team game and winning WorldCup is a team job. No one player can be accounted for winning or not winning a tournament like WorldCup . But still with a career like of Tendulkar, even the smallest of doubt on his commitment disturbedme and like a five-year old kid who wants every toy he sees , I wanted him to win the World Cup this timeand silence his critics for once & for all.

So then in 2011 W.C. he again gone strong & became Indiashighest run scorer. He lead to many victories with Yuvi & Zaheer. But at final he again gone early likeVeeru. I almost felt like crying. Felt this world cup is also gone. Memories of 2003 W.C. again came. Butthankfully by Gauti & MSDs brilliant knock we won ! That was the happiest moment for India cricket & ofcourse for Sachin. His longest dream came true. When rest of the players carried him on their shoulders ,I saluted him 100 times. Virat Kohli explained our emotions in correct manner : For the last23 years , he carried nations burden on his shoulders. Those memories are again still fresh in my mind.

Then again came lean patch for him & also on India.Pressure of his 100 th 100 becoming very strong day by day. An d he wasnt doing it. His average sloweddown. His retirement talks again came . I was in huge disappointment & worry that what if he cant do it ?Will he retire ? I wanted to complete his that century because I felt it was his right. And then Hecompleted that in Asia Cup. Again joyful moment . shivering of hands , unable to speak a word. Againsaluted him & his career 100*100 times. It was a pride for me that my Sachin achieved that stage.

During Asia cup movie Kahani was released. Iheard lot of appreciation of it & wanted to watch it. I got ticket of movie for the day of India vs. Pak


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match. But then I thought I will watch the highlights later , because that was a suspense movie friendscould reveal the suspense & will spoil the fun ? Who knew that will be the last ODI match of him?

The pain of couldnt watch him in his last innings will always remain in myheart. I wanted to give a proper farewell to him. And player like him deserves proper farewell more thananyone. I really felt sad on 23 rd December when he declared his retirement without proper farewell. I hope

you are reading this master. Please, I request you please play in blue jersey of India one last time . Youdeserve the proper Farwell.

At last , What is Sachin to ODI cricket? I will say just one line : If ever 50over format flourishes more, had glowed, became profitable , people understands cricket moreeasily or addicted to & tons & tons of kids coming to the cricket with a hope in their eyes, Thanksto this man !! Enough Said !!


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SRIHARI

Sachin u disappointed me :( :(

I am from Chennai !! I am also the admin of the facebook fan page SACHIN TENDULKAR -The DON ofcricket.

On Sunday morning (23 rd Dec 2012) I was standing in line at M.A Chidambaram Stadium to get thetickets of IND-PAK odi on DEC 30!! Only to see u!!! Because i know that, its your last match in Chennai!!I was near the counter!! Just behind 200 people!! I was standing there from morning 8 AM without eating,without bathing!! Around 11 30 I got a call saying SACHIN RETIRED FROM ODIs!!!

Thats it :( :'( , All my dreams shattered !! I came out of the line without getting the tickets!!

NO SACHIN, NO CRICKET!! Love you SACH


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Cricket ke bhagwan ke charno mein kuch antim shabd

Two years back, the Royal Bank of Scotland pitched in Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar in their ad and the tagline was Arso mein aisa khiladi janam leta hai jo khelne ke andaaz ko hi badal deta hai.well Sachin forme was not restricted to just change the way th e game was played..he changed the way a nation of 1.2billion people lived. I remember the moment when I first heard of him. I was a 6 year old boy and Indiawere playing the 92 world cup game against Pakistan and I remember my father saying TV band kar doSachin out ho gaya .i was too young to comprehend the statement but little did I know that I will livethrough this statement many a times in the next 20 yearsI started following cricket in 1994 and my firstseries was a quadrangular series in NZ in which Sachin started opening the innings for first time alongwith Jadeja. Those stunning straight drives, those fearless down the track shots to the likes of Mcdermotare still very much there in my mind but in a true sense it was the 1996 world cup which made Sachin myGod. I remember watching Sachin smashing the lankan attack @ FSK in a league match but we lost thatmatch thanks to some incredible Jayasurya batting. Sachin single handedly took us on the brink of a winagainst Australia in Mumbai but we lost, we however reached the semi final and fielded first for somestrange reason. Target was 250 and Sachin was smashing Vaas and Murali all around the park bt assoon as he was stumped off Jayasurya, the whole team collapsed and we crashed out. People were

beginning to understand that Indian team has 10 humans and one super human and this was vindicatedin April 1998 when this super human scored 2 centuries in 3 days against Australia to win us the trophy.The straight 6 off Kasprowicz with Tony Greig in the comm box is worth watching 1000 times. The wholenation was now engulfed in Sachin Mania and with the 1999 world cup in sight, the pressure was onSachin to deliver however Sachin had to come back mid way into the tournament because of the suddendemise of his father but like a true servant of the nation, he went back to play for the country, the centuryagainst Kenya has to be the most emotional in the history of the game. We could not do well in the 1999cup and it was clear that winning the cup was the biggest dream for Sachin. Post 1999 and pre 2003world cup saw Sachin forging a wonderful opening partnership with Ganguly and with the arrival ofdestructive Sehwag @ the arena, the 2003 cup was looked upon with much hope and the team dintdisappoint. Sachin was on fire and that 6 off akhtar over point will be remembered forever. The teamreached the final but failed to clear the last hurdle. The scene of Sachin almost crying while receiving theMan of the Series award from Sir Gary Sobers was a clear message to the whole world that aspirationsshould be high and should never be compromised. Sachin had started to change his game post 2003, theattacking shots were no more there but he was still scoring runs but with the early exit in the 2007 worldcup,the likes of Sanjay Manjrekar who hardly knew a thing about the ODIs were asking him to retire fromODIs but Sachin carried on. He scored a 99 against South Africa in Belfast and then a couple of 90s inEngland but those match changing knocks were missing. The VB series came at the beginning of 2008and Sachin had a quiet series till the finals. On the eve of the final, our skipper MSD who was basking inthe glory of t20 world cup win had said that he wanted some runs from paaji and paaji responded withsco res of 109 and 93 to win the VB series for team India. Sachins body had started to wear down bynow. It had won many a battles against the likes of Mcgrath, Gillespie, Akram, Younis, Akhtar, Warne,Murli and co. but still there was something which was egging him on. That something was the desire to

win a cup for India. He started playing selective odi series but it was in this period that two of his bestknocks were to come, Hyderabad 2009 and You would wonder whether it was 1999, Sachin was all gunsbalzing in a chase of 350 and scored 175 only to be denied support by his team mates and a heartbreaking 5 run loss. Sachin became the first man to score 200 in ODIs @ Gwalior. What was left was thequestion but something big was still missing. Here came the 2011 world cup and Sachin shifted gearsone last time in ODIs, brilliant centuries against Proteas and England and we were in the finals. Targetwas a stiff 275 on a difficult wankhede track and Sachin was out on 18 and the whole nation was having afeeling of dj-vu but for once, his team mates decided to not let him down. Gambhir and Dhoni ensured


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a comfortable cup victory. From that very moment, you knew the dreaded moment is near and it hasfinally come. The emotions are running high but this is the time to thank a man who moulded the firstquarter century of my life. Thanks paaji for giving me 463 of the good days of my life, 96 of the betterdays of my life and 49 of the best days of my life. I like a billion people shall miss you but will always takeinspiration from you because as I say Sach was is and will always be my life

Deepthi Paul :M y dearest loving Sir Sachi n ,

You have always inspired me throughout my life Your hard work, commitment, patience, dedication,passion, enthusiasm, dignity, confidence, the way you mastered the game, your longevity, adaptability,perfection, professionalism, love for the game, a disciplined display of immense maturity, your will to

reach where you are now and your care for your family, love for our Nation and all your charming andgentle ways!! Words are short when we try to describe you, Id rather prefer the name SACHIN as anadjective. You are truly admirable, adorable and an epitome of humility. Ive always been surprised as tohow a legend of your stature could be so humble, grounded and down to earth!! Undoubtedly, YES!! Youare my hero and my role model!!Im Deepthi Paul, an ardent fan of yours, from Kerala. Being a Chartered Accountant student, I had toface a lot of tough phase in my studies. Every time I struggle with my studies, the one who has inspiredme to continue is you. The way you overcame the obstacles (be it injuries or criticisms) have just amazedme always. No actors, no superheroes in films have never had any place in my mind, ever since I was achild, it was only you. As a 20 year old student, there were a lot of things which I could learn from you Sir.

After Tennis elbow injury, wherein you were not even able to lift a glass of water and the way youveraised up like a phoenix has inspired me to face the challenge and give the best in what we do. I also didnot want to give up. Youve told us to Chase the dreams, because dreams do come true. In short,youve always inspired and motivated us to excel in life and you are the man we al l want to be.

After the 2011 World cup win, I was so happy like every other Indian not only because India won it, butbecause that was the only thing left for you to achieve and that being done with our Sir Sachin being thetop scorer. Also we know how happy you were after achieving it. A happy Sachin is always a joyforever India Smiles when Sachin Smiles!! But after we got his 100 th 100, there were talks of your retirement. The so-called experts said, now that hehas nothing to achieve he might take retirement. It was a huge shock for me. My happiness sunk insadness on hearing this. But you made me so happy once again, when you said One should serve theNation when youre at the top, you should contribute to the team. And I was on the top of the world!! Itold my parents Look I told you, hell continue And now Ill complete my Chartered Accountancy coursewithin 2015 to see Sachin bat for India in the 2015 WC. We always see to it that we do not miss any ofyour innings, come what may. But I wanted to complete the course before 2015 WC so that I can watchhim with no tensions of my studies.

But on 23 rd Dec 2012, I got a huge shock when I heard the news of your retirement from ODIs!!!!! Neverexpected!! Shocked!! Emotions!! Depressed!! Heart broken!! I felt numb. I do not know how to put myemotions in words. Only his true fans who supported him throughout his career will understand whatexactly I felt!! Tears came down from my eyes. I was not sure whether Id go mad I still cant acceptthe fact that you are no more playing ODI cricket & I feel the pain when you retire from a format you madeyour own Even now I burst out into tears unknowingly. I cant even think about it. I cant control myfeelings and emotions after I heard this sad news. I wish team India should never ever allot Jerseynumber 10 to any players, as an honor to you for what youve given to the world of cricket. The situation


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is still the same with me. Even when I sat to write my little story of how you inspired and motivated me inmy life, many a times, I couldnt control myself from crying. I think every die hard fan of yours must befeeling the same. But Sir, please tell me (@dips_paul) how will I stop myself from crying???

Sir you are a true match winner, a team man and a perfect role model!! And its rightly said that there isntanything beautiful on the field than to see Sachin bat!! I prefer to see opponent teams batting rather thanseeing the other Indian players bat, only to see you fielding and bowling because you are one of the bestall-rounders. Like someone said, the more we see you, the more we want to see you. You are the historythat will never change. You will be remembered as long as cricket is there and maybe beyond that. Youare and will always remain the best in the world.Sir you do not know how much we miss you, Indias favorite son!!! I cant even think about it, because youwere a part of our life, the moral, physical & aesthetic effect & impact you had on us will last forever. Mostof us were not even born when you started off with your International cricket. But your unassailablestatistics, formidable records, milestones and mesmerizing awe-inspiring performances are enough for usto cherish throughout our lifetime.When you played on the ground, you were not really playing on the ground alone, but in Our Hearts

And when you announced your retirement, you have literally broken our hearts!! But sir, I respect all yourdecisions and will always support you throughout my life. Being the last 2 ODI scores 114 and 52, I stillfeel that theres plenty of cricket left in you. You should have played the 2015 WC Age is just a numberfor a legend like you. You are still young and fit than your team members. If you could come back toODIs once again, we would be the happiest!! Team India needs you, and cricket is not cricket withoutSACHIN!! For us Sachin is always above cricket, because we started watching cricket for you, and westopped watching ODI cricket from 23 rd onwards NO SACHIN, NO CRICKET!!! Its the end of an era!!!END OF ODI CRICKET!!! But I feel privileged & lucky to have lived in your era and to grow up watchingyou have been one of the greatest things in our lives, indeed a great habit. One thing is for sure, WEWILL NEVER WATCH ODIs anymore!!! India still needs you because you are the life, soul & strength ofcricket. You can only retire from ODIs, BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS!!!! The only thing that gives us a relief is that, you will be playing in tests Please I beg you to keepcontinuing for us We wont be able to bear it anymore. Thank you so much for the 23 golden yearsyouve given us!! We are indebted to you and are very grateful to you. And thanks for all the laurelsyouve brought to India. Cheers! You are the face of India, THE PRIDE O F THE NATION!! Vive-LaSachin, Long Live the Legend!!You have carried the expectations of the billions for the past 23 years and are loved beyond boundaries

for the joy and pride youve given us over the years. No words in the dictionary can match your gr eatness.Need I say more YOU ARE THE BHARAT RATNA A legacy that will live forever!!!! Take a bowMaster!!!!

All the very Best Sach God bless you sir!! With Love, Prayers, Respect and Salute to The MasterBlaster!!!!.

Nanda Kiran: Journey with TH E Tendulkar I know .

What a Player, What a wonderful player shrilled , startled Tony Greig on his 25 th birthday.

Thats Awesome! Thats one for the Photographers and one for our memory exclaimed the

commentator when 145 Km/h delivery from Lee was sent to third man boundary.

Open the text Book. Turn to Page 32 cheered , astonished Harsha on his straight drive.

Welcome to Club 30 Master uttered Sunny Gavaskar with the master looking towards the skies.

Maayans were wrong about 21st.Festive Mood. Celebrations of Christmas and New Year were ON,or at least, the preparations. To add onto it, India Pakistan series was underway for the delightof cricket lovers. Yet, the bitter reality struck-the master, who saved India in the scorching heat ofSharjah, in the biting cold of Bristol, in the cozening Chennai wicket and who flew back to England to


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play for India just a day after his dads funeral, will no longer feature in blue!

My memories with Tendulkar and his flamboyant knocks date back to 1996 when my dad was busywatching Semi- Finals of WC not letting me watch my favourite Tom and Jerry. I was crying then to let me watch what I wanted not knowing that I would cry one day, when he would bid adieu.

A couple of years later, I was Eight and the time I knew the names of few players in Indian Cricketteam. The majestic back to back hundreds in Sharjah. Broken Down Australian attack. OverwhelmedTony Greig and an Indian Victory in the grand stage. What a knock that was! The 6 of Warne and Tom Moody dancing down the track, a straight clear yet an elegant hit off Kasprowicz and the ballsailed into the stands for the nth time. Excited Tony screeches : This man is the nearest thing to what Bradman has ever been.

1999-Bristol.Match against Kenya. India lost the previous match against Zimbabwe. Sachin returnedto England to play a day after his dads funeral and scored a dominant 140.Enough Said. Passion to play Cricket is synonymous with the little champion.

I was 13.A Tendulkar Fan then. WC 2003,Centurion.Tendulkar started off with a cracking back-footpunch through the covers. The consecutive Upper cut, leg-glance, a splendid straight drive off Aktharand the pump of his fists for the over throw-The scenes which are etched in my memories and thatwill cherish forever. Thanks for entertaining us exclaimed Robin in the post -match presentation, tosum up his brilliant batting.

India won the WT20 2007.People were calling for Tendulkars head. Certain News Papers carried Endulkar.My love, admiration and respect for the man only grew. His bat spoke as usual. Theextravagant knocks ,138 against SL,117* against Australia,163 against NZ,175 against Australia, wereenough to shut the critics mouth. A Rampaging attack of a 37 year young Sachin against arguabl ythe best bowling line up of SouthAfrica to score the 1st ever 200 in ODIs. Exclaimed Ravi Shastri, Gets it! The First Man on the Planet to reach 200 and he is the super man from India. He was as clinical as a surgeon with his knife. Few of THOSE News Papers carried GOD as the headline this time.

In 2011, I was a Tendulkar Worshipper. He led India from the front in most of the matches in WC

2011.A Six off Dhoni into the stands was the moment India anticipated for, Tendulkar waited for 22years. He has carried the Nations burden for 22 years and its time we carry him on our shoulders said an young sensation. Tendulkar waving his hands at the crowds and India, along with Sachin,lifting the World Cup: how can One forget?

There are so many of them. I look back to pick my favourite , yet I failed. There are so MANY. Weare perhaps the most lucky kids to have witnessed and cherished the most of Tendulkar- The littledasher to the most complete batsman, the genius at work. The Smile, The Simplicity, The StandingOvations for an INDIAN abroad, The humility, The Longevity, Re-Invention every time , Let the bat do the talking attitude, The Greatest batsman looking at the skies, The flowing cover drives, The paddle sweeps, The Straight drives, The genius who can have people on their feet almost every timehe set out to bat, we will miss them all.

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING I wish he was immortal.You will never retire from our hearts Master. I will cherish a ll the memories as long as I live andcarry them to my grave. Take a bow GOD!!

What a Player, What a wonderful player !!!


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Shi jad SidhikIt was the worst day in my life !!!I was speechless all through this day, would be sleepless in night as well Certainly MY ONLY REASON TO WATCH CRICKET IS NO MORE IN ODI... :( but respects his decision will miss dat precious moments f watching his batting which always gave me dpleasure f my life Thank u Sachin Thank u for all the stunning memories f past 23 years - from my childhood to till date

Roshan Ravi : Dear M y God,

my world is ended on 23 december 2012. i wanna c him again in blue jersey!! i cant watch cricket withoutsachin. im gonna quit watching odi cricket.. sachin leaves odi and his hard fans... love u sachinmuahhhh....

L akshmi Narayanan Gurumur thy

I was outside when I heard it from a friend. I didn't believe it. But when I saw the news with my own news,I literally cried. For me, Sach has been the synonym for Cricket. I started watching cricket for him, Istarted playing cricket because of him. I've in my collection whatever Sachin goodies I could get myhands on since the time when I was 4 years old. Am a 21 year old guy, who is a fan of the GOD for over17 years now. And to hear he'll no longer play the game,makes me think it would've been better had theworld ended on 21st Dec 2012. I wouldn't have had to hear this. Love Sach forever !

Sravan Pi sapati

Sachin, I go to temple to pray the GOD. I watch cricket to see God's (sachin's) play for me now... No godno cricket

Kumar Prashant

Saturday whole night i was parting with my friends and i was not able to sleep whole night. Finally in themorning 9am on Sunday i planned to go to bed with a very deep sleep.

at 11.30 my mobile vibrated with an SMS. I was somehow able wakeup with my eyes totaly red due tosleeping late. Suddenly i opened the SMS to see some invitation from my friends for a party. But,unfortunately the message came from an unknown number as God Has Retired.. :( " ..I was shocked somuch that i stood up on my bed and switched on my laptop to see the new on times of india website.Finlay i saw the news and suddenly a drop of tear rolled down my eyes. I got that SMS from 1 of myfriend from Kerala.

I started watching cricket when i was 4 years old during 1991-92. Till now i was badly addicted to watchcricket only because i wanted to just have a glimpse of Sachin playing on the field. When i was 9 yearsold i became such a die hard fan of Sachin that during the Sharjah cup in 1996 i ran out of my office at


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night 9pm without informing my parents. I took my bicycle and parked it somewhere on the roadsideoutside a TV showroom. Unfortunately someone stole my bicycle but it didnt bothered my much becausei was into another world of joy because Sachin scored century that day.

These memories will always be cherished in my hearts. Will always miss him like anything else in theworld.

Rahul Kr ishna

I watched the news at my friend's home and I was Shocked ...i wasunable to believe ..i run to ma home and switch on Tv.. Im crying and icant express in words the feeling is...THIS PAIN IS INCURABLEFOREVER...IM DEPRESSED ..I CANT SEE MY GOD, ANYMORE IN THAT BLUE NO:10JOURSEY..that feeling is killing me.. Im not getting any words..Im also

quitting watching Odis...because i didn t want to believe what happened on23/12/12 the worst day of my life...Thank u 4 all the joys u gave us..u r the color of our joys..miss u forever..master please recheck your decision we want u back...please consider thisplease.

A TRI BUTE to a TRUE L EGEND :Sai Sanath

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AHEAD to digest a fact that u are no more in ODI CRICKET. . .I was happy when u scored single,my joy doubled when u ran two r three,was out of seat when it crossesthe line for a FOUR,jumped with joy if it was over the line for a SIX....U are the only reason for me along with a billion to make us watch the game named CRICKET.Missing ufrom the core ...frommorning when i heard the news i still cant believe that a BLUE JERSEY with nameTENDULKAR no.10 on its back will not appear anymore for TEAM INDIA.Had many memories where i argued even with my best & close friends when it comes to ur topic,when ibroke coconuts in temple when u reached milestones, bought all newspapers when u make a record(even my mom still scolds for keeping those papers very carefully with me),used to switch of when u getout, enjoyed a lot when many of my friends called me when u made double century, felt very very happywhen many of my friends used to say i was mad about you, loved a lott when i design posters to post abtu as my status updates, enjoyed every bit of yours in ODI cricket ...such was passion developed in metowards u.

I was thinking u will be opting and playing ODI cricket, but today your retirement has made me just blankminded, grief stricken, shocking and the saddest feeling ever...Now its just no use to even switch on tvwhen INDIA plays ODIs. . .GOLDEN ERA OF ODI CRICKET in INDIA ended up with heavy hearts ofmillions saying good bye along with U on 23rd DEC 2012 (WORST DAY IN HISTORY OF CRICKET).

TRUELY,FRANKLY speaking ODI cricket misses U SACHIN. . .YOU & Your HEROICS will alwaysremain in our hearts forever SACHIN.... U , U, U so much SACHIN for entertaining us in a best waywhich no one can anymore...


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As there is ONE SUN,ONE MOON....Until the game of cricket exists there will be only ONE SACHINRAMESH TENDULKAR...there was NO, there is NO & there will be NO replica for u...As we MISS U ALOTTTTTTTTTTT in ODI cricket...RIP ODI CRICKET...

Yazeer Ar abath

Dear Mr. Sachin R Tendulkar M.P.

I wrote this to you with a heavy heart. When I saw the news that you have retired from the ODIs, I thoughtit was a rumor and I prayed god for that. Till now I am waiting to hear that news from you. Please come infront of media and address that its just a rumor. This is a humble request of all the sachinist.

But if its the true message from you that you have retired then I will stop watching cricket. I cannotimagine a cricket match without SRT.

You are a landmark to India not only now after 5000 years also.With heavy Heart and tearful Eyes,

Ayan Das

People say Cricket wont be the same again without u...But for me it wont be cricket ...ODI just becameorphan..The first time i held a bat as a 6 year old, u were just 3 years into international cricket...Sincethen, u were the only cricketer I have worshiped...U often say that u should not be compared to GOD, butu r no less mortal. For me, you are next to GOD...

Please Sir, dont go..I cant think of cricket without u...I would miss the small adjustments in the front partof your pants that u were known to do...the slightest adjustments in the side screen..those coverdrives..the back foot punches...the straight drives...the paddle sweeps...I will miss being an Indian without

U in the team...

This is not the manner I would like U to go..U have Sachinized my childhood...I have been privilegedenough to witness the last 20 years of your cricketing career...Every single time I have enjoyed ursuccess, and always stood to defend U "My Cricketing GOD" during hard times...There were times wen uwere suffering from Tennis Elbow, and U were out of the Game for around 1 year...I dint see a singlematch during that time..Because for me, It is U who defines cricket...

I am short of words...I cant explain what i feel at your retirement from ODIs...I am pretty much dumbstuck...How I much I wish that Maya'n prediction came true and the world ended on 21.12.2012..atleast Iwould have been much happier thinking that I retired from life watching MY GOD still playing the gameHE loves...

Peeyush Pandey.The way Lord Ram left this earth but gave diwali to his followers to celebrate in the same manner I need aday like diwali and not a day like when I don't know whether I am seeing Sachin in his last game. I knowsomeday he has to retire because of the age. But Sachin please when you take retirement from teststhen please do tell the world at least before a match. So that this world give you the farewell you deserve. Actually I am a bit selfish I desire to experience the last day farewell of him for my memory.

Chi rag Pandey


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I feel it was one of the saddest of the news that i ever heard in my life, on last very Sunday morning.Sachin retired form ODIs. I still do not want to believe it that our cricket GOD will not walk down on theground with that blue jersey, tagged on the back with number 10. I still feel and pray that some miraclewill happen and God will change his decision, if not for couple of matches, at least for 1 single match sothat we can save that last sight of his in our hearts and eyes for ever. So, i pray earnestly to our GOD thatplease, at least come and play one last one day match and bless our lives which you have always donesince you stepped first time on the ground.

Sachin doesn't deserve such a silent farewell. World should witness your exit in a grand manner which noone has ever seen.

LOVE YOU SACHIN .

Ansh Raikwar

It wasn't such a great Sunday morning when I woke up on from my long sleep after the exam onSaturday. I was still feeling tired and sleepy. I was sipping tea then and just took my phone and logged in

on facebook. There it was "Sachin, the GOD announces retirement from ODI's".. And first i was like.. Jawfully dropped open, the tea cup down on the floor and hot tea all over me.. I didnt waste any time andquickly, almost ran towards the common room of our hostel to see tv and to confirm whether the news istrue or not. And when the news channels confirmed it, i was really very much shocked and i had my eyeswet with tears.. I wasn't crying but my eyes were full of tears. And as i am writing this, i still have themhere in my eyes.. ;(Even after 8-10 hours of getting the news of Sir Sachin Tendulkar's retirement, my heart was still unableto believe that I won't be seeing him again in that blue indian jersey.. That I will never again see the godunderneath that no. 10 jersey.. That I will never again see the master blaster in one dayers..Its really very hard to make ourselves understand that it is the truth.. This will take time to sink in.. A lot oftime..I have never heard of cricket without sachin.. Sachin was the reason I watched cricket..I'll miss you sachin.. This one day cricket will miss you sachin.. You can never be replaced.. The world willnever see another sachin..Love you Sir Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar..

Ashwin Kr ishanmur thy

The day I dreaded finally came. From now on, we wont see a certain diminutive figure performing hiscustomary crouching at the non-strikers end. Colored India shirts without number 10 and a certain nameinscribed on it. Commentators need not search for adjectives and superlatives to describe him at the start

of every innings. Bowlers can breathe a sigh of relief. After more than twenty years, an Indian ODIscorecard will not feature Sachin Tendulkars name forever.

He was the reason why many took up cricket. He attracted thousands tothe stadiums. Meetings seemed less important, students found new reasons to bunk, studying for examswith one eye on tv became a trend. When he batted well, the dressing room felt reassured. India smiled.Images of him running down the track to blast Shane Warne into the stands in Sharjah became aneverlasting one. First man on the planet to reach 200 and its the superman from India. He scaled newheights. New peaks that very few can ever surpass. When something looked


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impossible, we looked up to him. He straight drove Brett Lee, cover drove Wasim Akram, upper cutShohaib Akthar, flicked Dale Steyn with aplomb, hooked Andy Caddick out of the stadium once, loftedMurali over covers, deposited Warne over long- on. Pace or spin, he didnt spare any.

Memories, memories, lots of memori es. Thats what he leaves us with An extraordinary player but an even better gentleman. A great ambassador of a great game! Thank youSachin for doing what you did!

Badri Narayan .

Wish God Of cricket, ma childhood hero could get to read this....

One of the saddest days ever, wont be able to see him anymore in the Indian flagged blue jersey, Will missmy childhood hero very badly, followed things only after Sachin endorsed, not so rich to buy a BMW 3 seriesbut surely will try but only because Sachin endorsed it.. Blessed to have seen him play all these years, HAILthe GOD of CRICKET. NO Sachin then NO Cricket. Love you SACH forever ..

Sidhar th Sankar Singh

TRIBUTE TO GOD!!!

The day we all feared, the day many of us never wanted to come. The day that made us realize GODalso take rest. The day that made us realize everything comes to an end. What can we say about youGOD. Thanking you or saluting you cant justify what you hav e done for me, for us,for the Country.

Your retirement is like putting into the closet and locking it the 20 years of that passionate emotions,those moments of pride, those times of Patriotism, those Goosebumps, those adrenalin flow, thoseinspiring moments, moments of triumph, those moments of joy, those anxious waitings for your matchand making us believe that you will make us win.. and believe me SIR there are many more. This willbe hard, this will be terrible, but I wish time can make us strong. But believe me GOD there will be manyplayers who was there, who will come & go.but YOU were, is, & will forever be the BEST for us.

You may retire as a player SIR, but you will remain the GOD for us because it was not just the cricket butmany more things that made YOU our HERATBEAT.

You inspired not only generations but a Country, YOU become a HERO when we required it, when weneed someone to look upon and say I want t be him/her. A HERO that didnt divided the Nation butbought her together.

Cricket will no longer be a life for us, but just a game. Now on cricket might be the religion but WITHOUTGOD. Many of us will not be waiting for the coming ODI matches, will just watch it.


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We will always love you SIR , for YOU have become the part of life. We never ever forget those glorious20 years, with ups & downs, of our life that you gave us.

YOU taught most of us how to fight. YOU showed us what commitment, hard work, & dedication means.The blue color will never be so favorite for us..and I might not BLEED blue now onwards. It was honorSIR to watch your innings. And pleasure to watch you BLEED blue.

Lastly, SIR thank YOU for giving us the satisfaction & pride in ODIs that I am SACHIN & I play forINDIA.

We all want you to play Tests as long as possible. Retiring from ODIs, there is huge void thathas been created, which for me cannot be filled anytime. The loss is immeasurable, the void is to big tobe filled.The day has come, the day we all feared, the day many of us never wanted to come.

Always SACHINIST!!!

Aditya Aj itsar iya.

I got a text message from a friend about the news of The Legend's retirement. I was shocked for amoment and then said to myself that if this is a joke, then he will be in trouble (referring to the friend).Then I quickly opened Cricinfo from where I got the confirmation about the news. I was still not ready tobelieve it.

I was completely shocked. I used to believe whenever the Master would take this hard decision, hewould do it after playing a series. But it came very suddenly. I wanted him to complete 50 ODI tons and100 ODI half centuries and retire and that was not possible. At least, he could have played the series

against Pakistan and England and do so. But he did not. I am a very big fan of him and want to pay atribute to this Cricket Legend by saying

"If he is playing, Cricket is worth watching"

Now, the main reason of me watching cricket is gone. Its goanna be too painful for me to watch ODIs nowas the GOD has called it a day you in the limited overs game. It is been rightly said "Sachin is the mainreason why many Indians watch and take up cricket"

I believe that from now on there will be a huge fall in the number of Indians watching cricket as Cricket isconsidered a religion in India and Sachin is the GOD

I want to conclude by once again remembering Mathew Hayden's quote about the genius which is verytrue

"I have seen GOD, he bats for India at NO.4 in tests"

Salute to the GOD of Cricket..!! He came, He played and He conquered OUR HEARTS... There was, is and there always will be one Sachin Tendulkar...!!! :)


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Tamal Datta .

I was in class when The God decided to quit......i came 2 know through my friend's sms then while backto my hostel by metro......this was my feeling......

I became nostalgic & tears came from my eyes. I was thinking about d wonderful moments from when

i remember Hero Cup semis/1st opening against the Kiwis on Holy day....

Then i started thinking the next ODI of India against Pakistan....knowing God will not bat for Indiaagain....I cant imagine the situation.......i was just hating the critics who was barking for his retirement..

MohammadTariq

I don't have words, yet i'm here.I don't have anything which I can post on my Facebook wall or tweet on

Twitter. I am completely numb. But i'm not gonna mourn. It would be an act of disrespect. When a worrierreturns from the war, broken and wounded, we don't mourn. We celebrate his victory. Sachin is myworrier who has returned after battling for 23 long years, battling against all the odd, standing tall, nevershaken, never broken.

He always was, and he will always be my hero. It doesn't matter if he is on the field or not, He'll alwaysinspire me to do better, like he has always done. Nothing in this world is for eternity. It'a a fact, and I haveto live with that. I just thank him for all he has done for more than 1,220,200,000 people and everybody inthis world for over 23 long years. Most of us don't even have the courage to do the same thing, even for alimited period of time, continuously. He has done it. He has done it for me, for us, for India.

He has not only tried to keep himself upto everyone's expectations, but tried his level best to do that,without thinking about his family, his health, his personal life etc etc. After all the criticism, all the badthings, which came to his way, any ordinary human like me would definitely have given up. But he neverstopped. Stood tall against everything and delivered.

But, after all he is a human being like me, like you and like everybody else in this world. Someday, we'llalso grow old, old enough that we won't be able to do the things which we would do with perfection till thattime. Perhaps, then we'll understand this law of nature. Usually people think about me as a freak, aSachin freak, but it's not just about cricket, not just about Sachin. It's about dedication, it's aboutperfection, it's about principles, it's about hard work, it's about values and it's about everything I havelearned from him. It's much much more than just being a Sachin freak.

Now, there is a void which nobody will be able to consume. But I have lots of memories, good memoriesand I am satisfied with that. I am satisfied with whatever he has done, whatever he has given. Cricketwould never be the same for me. But there are certain things which cannot be replaced, there are certainpeople who cannot be replaced.

He has taught me to dream big, think big and do big. He'll always be there with me, inspiring me,encouraging me, teaching me how to try for better, how to do better. Even if you are at the top, even ifyou have everything.


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"Ch ase you r dreams, dreams do com e true."~Sir Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

Vij ay Hemwan.

Yes it has happened. But i still can't believe on what happened really happened.... I am still shocked andheartbroken....!!!!#GodPleaseComeBack

Vij ay H emwan

A sad day... a sad day for TRUE Sachinists.... Watching cricket will not be the same again because ofGod's absence.... I still can't believe what this Sunday morning offered me.... i am blessed to live in hisera... a golden era that Will never come back.... A history that Will never be repeated.... and a legacy that

Will live forever and ever and ever..!!!!!Thank you Sachin for giving me my life's happiest moments... Will miss my god in blue jersey...#RIP Cricket

L ata Sharma

what can i say? i have no words to explain what my heart feeling these day. its heart breaking sachin sir ji! You just kill my passion for odi cricket! i love u more n more!

L ata Sharma: Pyaare Sachin

koi kehta genius, to koi mahaan tumhe.Koi master kehta, to koi bhagwaan tumhe.Haan tum hi to ho mahaan, haan tum hi to ho bhagwaan.Haan tum hi to ho hamaare pyare Sachin.Koi!

[01] haan maine dekha hai tumhe mahaan bante,Maine hi nahin sabne dekha hai tumhe bhagwaan bante.Har uchhai ko chhota karte khud ko upar uthate,Kismet khud apne haathon banate.Haan tum hi!

[02] haan yaad hai mujhe 16 saal ka Sachin,Ghaton net pe abhyaas karta kathin mehnat karta Sachin.Chot lagne par bhi bilkul ni ghabrata Sachin,Bulandi ke aasmaan se uchha uthta Sachin.Haan! Sahi hai tum..!

[03] Haan mujhe yaad aati hai, dhuandhaar ballebaaji Sachin ki, Ashmbhav ko shambhav banati ichha sakti Sachin ki.Choton se ubarkar har nayi shuruaat Sachin ki,Record banaati bigadti har nayi paari Sachin ki.Haan sab kehte hain, tum!


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[04] haan mujhe yaad rahega har baar ummeedon ka bhojh kandhon par ladna,Team ki har ummeed par khara utarne ki koshish karna.37 ki umar mein 16 ke Sachin sa dohra satak lagana,Har seema ko parkana phir bhi kadam dharti par rakhana.Haan main kehti hun, tum..!

[05] haan ab dekh rahi hai duniya, tumhe seemaon se paar nikatle,Har aalochna ka jabaab shaleenta se dete.Team ki jarurat par apne andaaj mein badlav karte.Bhartiya team mein senior ka farz bakhubia nibhate.Haan ab keh rahi hai duniya, tum!

[06] haan dekha rahe bhartwashi, safalta ke aashmaan par chand se chamkte tum,20 saal baad bhi nayi paari khelte tum.Sathoiyon ko jimmedari sikhate, or nibhate tum,Insaan se mahaan or mahaan se bhagwaan bante tum.Haan sach hai, tum hi..!

[07] Sachin ho khud ko hi samjhte Sachin,Maahn ho bhgwaan ho par ho haamare pyaare Sachin.Khel ki jaan bhartiya cricket ki shaan ho Sachin,Har bharatwashi ka maan or ballebaaji ki pehchaan Sachin.Haan! Dil se kehte hain hum, tum..! Haan tum hi to ho hama re Pyaare Sachin!

Love you Sachin!

Di nesh Dutt, Narnaul

I'm a student from kurukshetra. Following a usual engineering student's vacations time table, I woke up @1 pm. Switched on my laptop, opened cricinfo and read something disturbing there. Everything stoppedthere. Literally. Nothing came to mind. I didn't know what to do. I became numb there; i switched on theheater and sat there to get some warmth.

Then started to think. Why?

Poor form in test matches? Pressure of the media? Wanted to concentrate on test matches? I was tryingto seek reasons from myself. A lot came to mind.

I was not feeling any sad or depressing. It was like that severe injury which leaves u numb for some timeand then hurts like hell. And now (after almost 24 hour s) I can feel that pain, Im not crying but the injury issevere. Its going to hurt more in coming time. I blame myself for your retirement coz I hadn't prayed forlike 5-6 days.

You know what, the entire nation is angry with you. You should have given the nation a chance to honoryou.

Well, I wont be watching any more of odi cricket from now on. But i want to watch a lot more of tests. Iwant to see India winning in South Africa and Australia. So please....


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Your innings of 94 vs. England at Manchester is my favorite.

I love you. I'll cherish the memories for the rest of my life.

Ram.

This message is written with lots of pain and sad feelings... You only make us to see cricket love cricket,etc.. You make India proud and weWant you to live as a cricketer till world dies... You must return to odi cricket again.. We will support u tillwe dies.. No matter what you score we need you

Sandeep

It was very shocking news on Sunday morning..when I and my friend were watching Dabang 2 at talkiesand one of my friend messaged me about this shocking news and the very next moment I left the talkies,was feeling that it could be a fake news ..so for confirmation I ran to nearby TV set and was remainedstunned..no words were coming in my mind just lost and tried to recollect all those golden memoriesmaster given to me to cherished..

Remembering those days..running back home from school, hoping that he is still batting.Praying to God in front of television for his century.texting while in class just to know his individual score.."Sachya ahe na ajun?? Tendlya kitiwar kheltoye??Tendlya hai na fir to koi tension nahi.."

Standing in front of TV in street shops to get a glimpse of his batting.

Everything comes to end...:-( ,Thank you for the wonderful memories Sachin.

You are and forever will be India's proudest son.

END OF AN ERA!

I Know Sachin, I dont k now cricket. .No Sachin..No cricket..:-( !!

Sreekanth R

Dear god,

y have u retired like other senior please ?at least can announce retirement like dada that after this series i will retire from odiat least that time the idiotic media and other haters would have shut their mouthi wish that cricket fans should be less hereafter and soon Indian media and bcci and its stupid selectorswill feel the heat and pressure every time.

Thanks god for everything. i cant talk anymore


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Ami t Tapliyal .

Want to see him back in Blue Dress & want him to play next World Cup 2015 in Australia.

Admin please make some page / Group to send message to BCCI & him to come back & playODI matches till World Cup, 2015.

Ar avind Bharathi

The world should have ended by 21st itself!!!! Cant able to bear SACHIN's retirement, cant even digestit !! My brain says "someday somehow he has to do this and today is that day ", but ma heart says " cant even think cricket without SACHIN"!!! As a90's kid i grew up by watching sachin's play!!! love him like ahell!!! i had an argument with an interviewer who said Dravid is the best and sachin is next to him!! i justsaid only one thing and got rejected " if dravid is the best why cant u use dravid's video in your companyinspirational video(but they added sachin's video)" i was really really happy to get rejected on that day!!!i'm really really thankful to GOD tat i was born in sachin's Era love u paaaji from now Im goanna miss ulike a hell!!!

Suguna Maruthar aj,

I know that this day(retirement from ODI)would come for sure but not this fast we respect your feelings and decision but you should have playedpakistan series for one last time providing us chance to watch you in the blue uniform with number 10

jersey. you should play one last one day international for us

Santu Ganesh

I lost the joy of watching cricket i lost the cricket craze which i had in me its no more now even if otherscore 300 i doesnt enjoy i doesnt feel dos runs r mine each and every run sach score i enjoyed to thecore end of cricket for me if sachin retires from test cricket this the day sachin retires good bye cricket istarted watching cricket because of sachin sir and i quit watching cricket because my god is not playing istill love cricket its my god's kingdom he rules forever

Shaha Vi shal V il as

Jag budi Honar, Jag budi Honar,Dec 12 madhe Jag budi Honar, ani Zalich

Sachin took retirement from ODIs...:(One of the worst days of my life.tears n only tears for about 2 hours

Ayushyat kadhi konasathi me evdha radlo nasenwas unable to control emotionsI am No more...


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No cricket without SACHINIf Q : what is Cricket? Then ans will always beSachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

A statement of Siddhu :Ek bar aap India ke prime minister ko bhi katgarhe main khada kar sakte hai...lekin Sachin ki tarf ungli bhi nahi kar sakte.

Andy Flower :There are only 2 types of batsman1 of class Sachin Tendulkar n2nd all others

Hayden :I have seen god. He plays at No. 4 for India (in Tests)

Aaj sudha jar konala vicharl ki tuza mulga konasarkha vhava ase tula vatat,tar fakt ekch uttar ast "Sachin Tendulkar" sarkha...Jitka jabardast maidanavartitkach jabrdast maidana baher sudhaProud to witness "sachin Tendulkar"

exam asude ki kaySachin chi batting baghaychi kadhi sodli nai

Sachin khelnar mhatl ki amhi chakachak Dadhi vagaire karun TV samor.Jevan...Jo paryant Sachin khelat ahe, jevan vicharaychch nahiTyala bagunach pot bharat amch

Sachin ne Century marli ki amchyakade janu kahi DIWALI chJevnala Shrikand ch...Haygay karaychi nai...

IND 97/6Sachin Ahe na, mag kay tension naiTo kahihi karu shakto...

Ase amhi...

Sachin out zala ki match ch sampli amchyasathi Ase amhi "Die Hard Sachin Tendulkar Fan"

ani ata 10 no chi jersy ghalayachi kon Himmat suddha karnar nai

Debaprasad Sabhoo.

Well it hadn't been a good for the whole country. Mayans predicted on 21-12-12 but the world ended on23-12-12. Many may say many things. but just thing to say....

Sir you may have retired but Sir you cant retire from my heart. I was blessed to grow up watching youand wished the same for my rest of the life. As no more Uniqueness, inventions will I be able to see.Time has played its part, but surely it will not take out you from our heart.True Hero above all great Indian. We salute you Sir.


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Sruthi Viswanathan.

How I felt after I heard the news: And thus comes an END which is so abrupt, unexpected and informal

to the days I used to watch ODIs...............I'm not disappointed but its just that my entire life seems damndoomed & sober............Don tno why everything I love should stop existing!........... I'm soooo proud ofSachin and it breaks my heart that my feelings for him keeps getting engulfed in sadness.......I know iwould have to face this day at a point of time in my life yet a lifetime wouldn't be enough to get preparedto face it....... .If its you r decision I stand by u Master Blaster........Well for me it's the second thing addedup now in my list of things I need badly but have to miss everyday and live with that heart crippling feelingforever................I love u Mr.Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, u are my idol for life and my God.........I have feltlike this from the times i could ever remember and it will stick with me till my last breath. My Salutes to urODI carrier

Bharath.

There was my engineering exam of SOM( strength of material)....I waspreparing for that in that cold day in my blanket .....suddenly I got a phone call from my college friend Irecive that call and said 'ha bol' ...he replied 'Abe ye kya sun rha hu mai'.

I- ku kya hua.

Friend- Abe sachin ne ODI se sanyaas le liya

I- kya baat kar rha h....tujhe kis ne btaya

Friend- Abe news mai aa rha h...

I was shocked totally shocked ....2-3 times my frnd replied mayank mayank.....

I- abhi call karta hu check kar ke.

At the very instant I login in my facebook account as I have liked too much pages on sachin.....I saw therea status of my frnd alok chauhaan' news of the year sachin tendulkar retired from the odi'.....at the veryinstant my eyes was full of tears......I immediately called my father he is also a very big fan of sachintendulkar.....when I told him he was also shocked.....

One by one my friends call me mayank ye kya ho gya....tu tension na le......they know that I can not wear

the shock of his retirement...from that Point I was unable to learn a single word of SOM......AND NOW ALSO I M UNABLE TO BELIEVE THAT HE WILL BE NO MORE IN ODI.....

I have planed to watch the last match of India Pakistan series in Delhi.......but now I have planned tocancel the program because for me to sachin no cricket........

@ mera ek sapna tha ki mai sachin paaji ka last match stadium mai ja k dekhu chahe vo kahi bhiho.......par mera vo sapna sapna hi reh gya.........


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Cricket. I remembered one day in my 7th Class. Sachin got out pretty early in that match and as a 7thClass kid i cried so much that i had got Fever for one week. My Doctor Started laughing at me and toldmy DAD please take care of him before this becomes madness. Guess what that madness about SachinTendulkar Never stopped and will never stop. During my Childhood my MOM used to hide all the Sportseditions in NEW Papers cause wherever Sachin's Photo was found i used to cut it and used to stick it inmy SACHIN's Book. by the time i had finished my 10th Class i had finished collecting 600 pages ofSachin's Photographs. The day i finished my 600th Photo, i was on Cloud nine rather on Cloud 99.

Even growing up, i always tried to pretend Sachin in terms of my batting style. Once i remember hittingone SIX over the Long On and i felt like I played like Little Master. I had so many fights with so many ofmy friends about Sachin Tendulkar. I mean i just never allowed any one talking negative about SRT.People used to call me Sachin's Mad man, and guess what i always felt happy when people really calledme by that name. My i used switch off the TV whenever Sachin was out. I only knew what my Heart Beatrate was when Sachin used BAT.Even i used fight with my MOM whenever she used to Say see now Your Sachin gets out, and trust me iused skip my meals that day. I would have gone and slapped so many colleagues, Friends who hadactually talked negative about Sachin.

In my life i have always considered two people who are really dearest to me and are my living and foreverRole Models.

1. My DAD, 2. Sachin Tendulkar.

Why did i considered Sachin as my Role Model was his ability to handle the greatness what he hadachieved. He is a great man with no match in this current world or the previous time or the next comingtime. He has done everything with a Smile and Humbleness. A lot of Useless people spoke a lot abouthim, but i had never seen him losing his cool. He always did what he is BEST at. A perfect gentleman, hehas not only inspired me by his On Field aggression but also by his Outside gentleness. Such Humility,rally not at all easy to find in the current world. My DAD always used to say this" Hard work is the onlyway to Success". Yes that is very true and the true example is Sachin. 23 Long long years, never tired ofpracticing and always ready to learn new stuff. I mean what an amazing Guy that we had actually got onthis EARTH.

Sachin Sir: I know i had cried when you had announced your retirement. You are so close to my heartSir. My only dream is to see you once in my life. I really dont know if it is going to happen. At least i amhappy that i have you as my Role Model and you will always be there in My heart. Miss you so much Sir.

And thanks for showing this World how to Play Cricket.

A Salute to your Sir

Shyam Balan

I was seeing the Australian t20 big bash games in star cricket live. During the breaks i changed thechannels. Just at that time i noticed the scrolling news in times now channel that Tendulkar quits odicricket. I was totally stunned, my body temperature raised heavily, my body started to become heat. As ayoung man i don't want to cry so i switched off the tv and i gone to bed still i control tears rolled down myeyes. I suddenly stood up and took the tribute to the legend book published by the Hindu and startedreading it. My family members thought that i became mad in a second. And then i was thinking a lot ofthings while reading the book. one of the things i thought is, i was very anger at the critics and media menwho were pressuring god to retire. Even my father is a media person. Media is the thing which has givenlife to our family. But of continuous pressure from them to Tendulkar to retire I become to hate the media.Not just hating them after over publishing that Tendulkar should retire even if I had e gun or a knife I


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