Sachin Tendulkar
When Indian cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar, walks off the field at the end of the second test match against West Indies in Mumbai next month, it will signal the end of a career spanning 24 years.
Tendulkar announced his retirment from international cricket on Wednesday. He had earlier retired from the limited overs versions of the game.
The resignation announcement was made via a written statement, released by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
"All my life, I have had a dream of playing cricket for India. I have been living this dream every day for the last 24 years," Tendulkar said in the statement. "It's hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it's all I have ever done since I was 11 years old. 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" he added.
The 200th Test will be the last of numerous milestones in Tendulkar's career. No other cricketer has played as many as his 198, to date. He also owns the records for most runs and centuries in both Test and one-day cricket - 51 in tests and 49 in ODIs
He began his international career in November 1989, and was the third youngest Test cricketer at the time.
Despite his glittering array of records, however, Tendulkar, with a highest test sore of 248, ranks behind Brian Lara, his great West Indian contemporary, in two respects: Lara holds the world record for the highest individual test socre (400) and the highest first-class score (501).
SOURCE: ESPN/Cricinfo
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