With 24 brilliant years devoted to cricket, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar charming cricketing career has finally concluded. Sachin's career concluded with a loud enthusiasm on his 200th test match at his home ground, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai a midst thousands of enthusiastic fans. 16th November, 2013 will always be remembered in the cricketing history as one of the important day the world cricket has ever witnessed. This day has a mixed emotions from the millions of cricket lovers and fans as they will miss the Little Master's play and also a matter a pride at the same time that they were fortunate enough to see the magic when he came to play.
Talking about the career, Tendulkar had that career that every cricketer dreamed of. Impressive batting class, most number and kinds of cricketing records in his hand, occasional magic with bowling made his career evergreen. He always pleased millions of fans with his great batting performance and succeeded in making a warm place in their hearts in return. The world cricket will always miss this legend and his strokes. It would not be a false story to claim that it was Sachin at many stages of his career who united many Indians through his game and also it was him who cultivated the hunger for cricket among Indians.
After Sachin announced his retirement from cricket, their were many campaigns to make his retirement memorable. #SacinSachin, #ThankYouSachin were some of the viral campaigns that earned a lot of respect and homage to this legend's retirement.
Below, I present some pictures and tweets about the historic retirement of Little Master.
(all the photographs presented here are the copyright content of respective owners.)
The Epic Pictures of Retirement
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| Sachin's son Arjun as ball boy during 2nd day of his father's final match |
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| "Thank you everyone. I am really grateful to you" |
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| Sachin with son Arjun and daughter Sara |
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| Sachin above the pillars of Young Indian Cricket Team |
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| Memento by West Indies Team |
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| BCCI president presenting Sachin his own portrait |
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| The coin that was tossed on Sachin's 200th test match |
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| Sachin's mother with his portrait |
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| Sachin with Wankhede Cricket Stadium staffs |
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| Finally, a tearful farewell. |
Sachin's final match tweets
Sachin bid farewell to his 24 year long cricketing career with this awesome emotional and stirring speech. His speech left the stadium filled with cheers, roars and applause and left everyone with emotional mindset in the end. Sachin himself got emotional, his wife Anjali and the huge fans at the staduim could not stop themselves being emotional. Sachin's career was a sweet piece of cake the world cricket has ever tasted and his farewell speech added a cherry on top of it.
HD video from starsports.com
Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones legend) : "Saluting you @Sachin_RT on your last Test match. Thanks for all the wonderful cricket you've shown us over the last 25 years, we'll miss you"
David Cameron(UK Prime Minister) : "India transfixed by @sachin_rt's final test match. Today I sent him this pic of his 1st century in the UK #Tendulkar"
Brett Lee (former Aussie fast bowler): "All the best to the little Master Sachin. A true legend of the game @sachin_rt Best Ever!"
Mahela Jayawardene : "@sachin_rt Great opponent, fantastic memories..no better role model. Enjoy ur last game! #sachintendulkar #BCCI"
Dinesh Karthik : "Wishing Sachin paji a grt test match,will be watching it only for the legend #ThankYouSachin @bcci"
Zaheer Khan: "#ThankYouSachin @BCCI its been a really special journey!! Enjoy the last one..."
Yuvraj Singh (responding to goggles he weared): "Master that's a very funky piece if Oakley u wearing for ur last test ! Cu at the ground when u batting #ThankYouSachin #BCCI"
Paul Collingwood (former English batsman): "Will never forget the roar when Sachin came walking out to bat in India, a true cricketing God #ThankYouSachin"
Shane Warne (former Aussie spinner): "Sachin's best innings I saw was (in) 98 in Chennai ! I got #sachin out in the 1st innings for 4. Then he made 155 & helped India win the test."
He futther tweeted : "#Sachin was the best batsmen I've seen. @BrianLara was also outstanding. These 2 were so much better than everybody else.."
Aaron Finch (current Aussie opener) : "Amazing scenes with @sachin_rt walking out to bat! I can guarantee no work will be getting done in India right now! #thankyousachin @BCCI"
Eoin Morgan (England) (referring to roaring crowd at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai): "Amazing scenes in Mumbai!! #SRT200"
Shane Warne (in reference to stadium noise): "The noise here at the stadium is so loud. Plenty of Sachiiiin, Sachin's too... Amazing atmosphere !!!! #Sachin"
Joe Root (English batsman): "Sachin made his debut for India before I was born. Then played in my test debut #ThankYouSachin"
Stuart Broad (English bowler) : "Remarkable achievement by a legend of the sport we love. #200"
Iain O'Brien (former New Zealand bowler): "#ThankYouSachin. Oh, and the rest of your team mates."
He further added: "The only batsman that mind controlled (somehow) me into bowling a ball where he wanted it. Scary. ThanksForBeingMy46th."
Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe skipper): "Glued to the TV. Extremely nervous for #Sachin , holding thumbs for him. @BCCI #ThankYouSachin"
Michael Vaughan (former England skipper) : "Come on @sachin_rt ... The viewing figures tomorrow could break all records... Please be Not Out over night... #Sachin #God."
Roger Federer (tennis legend): "What a remarkable career @sachin_rt. Wish you the very best moving forward #ThankYouSachin."
Graeme Swann (England): "I'm not sure if you heard but Sachin Tendulkar retired today! What a great little player and lovely bloke #ThankYouSachin"
Chris Gayle (West Indies): "Was absolutely a pleasure being a part of history Sachin Tendulkar 200 Test Match. #legends #Lara…"
Sanjay Manjrekar: "It was a long speech but then it was a long career. Every minute was worth it. Emotional words from Sachin to finish an emotional series"
Brett Lee : Congrats to the legend @sachin_rt well done mate on everything you have achieved. A phenomenal career."
Sania Mirza: "So emotional...the whole country is..we will miss u #RESPECT #SACHIN #LEGEND"
Michael Vaughan : "What a Speech... #ThankYouSachin #God"
Alviro Petersen: "A legend of the game says goodbye... #SachinTendulkar . An honour to have played against him."
Matthew Hayden: "The end has arrived for Sachin with fitting scenes in Mumbai #goodbye and #goodluck."
Harbhajan Singh: "Let's salute the master.cricket won't be the same without u.for me u r cricket.thank u paji for everything."
Virender Sehwag: "Been an emotional time for me since the announcement #SRT. Can't articulate what he means to me, it's so personal! @BCCI."
Irfan Pathan: "Most emotional retirement of world cricket but Sachin Tendulkar isn't retiring from our heart,#ThankYouSachin."
Suresh Raina: No words. Just respect. Inspiration. Motivation. Greatest. Now fittingly Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar # Thank you Sachin
Matthew Hoggard: Was lucky to have played against the little master luckier to get him out Made even better that he was my 50th test wicket #ThankYouSachin.
Sachin's emotional farewell speech
Sachin bid farewell to his 24 year long cricketing career with this awesome emotional and stirring speech. His speech left the stadium filled with cheers, roars and applause and left everyone with emotional mindset in the end. Sachin himself got emotional, his wife Anjali and the huge fans at the staduim could not stop themselves being emotional. Sachin's career was a sweet piece of cake the world cricket has ever tasted and his farewell speech added a cherry on top of it.
HD video from starsports.com
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