Sachin Tendulkar: India batting legend to retire from all cricket
Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar will retire from all forms
of cricket after playing his 200th Test next month. The 40-year-old former
India captain, who retired from one-day internationals in
December 2012, will end his
career with two matchesagainst West Indies. Tendulkar is
the highest scorer in both Tests and ODIs, with 15,837 runs in 198 Tests and
18,426 runs in 463 ODIs. He made his international debut aged 16 in November
1989 and last year became the only batsman in the history of the game to reach 100 international centuries.
Tendulkar's final appearances will also take place in India
and he said: "It's been a huge honour to have represented my country and
played all over the world. I look forward to playing my 200th Test match on
home soil, as I call it a day." The president of the Board of Control for
Cricket in India, N Srinivasan, said: "He is without doubt the greatest
cricketer India has produced.
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