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Sachin Retires - An End of an Era in ODI's


Sachin Tendulkar One of the great player in cricket history has retired from ODI. His last ODI against Pakistan in Dhaka during the Asia Cup, where he made a half-century in India's victory.


Sachin said in a statement, "I have decided to retire from the One Day format of the game, I feel blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup winning Indian team. The preparatory process to defend the World Cup in 2015 should begin early and in right earnest. I would like to wish the team all the very best for the future. I am eternally grateful to all my well wishers for their unconditional support and love over the years."

Tendulkar made his ODI debut in 1989, against Pakistan in Gujranwala, where he got a duck. He played 463 ODIs, scored 18,426 runs and made 49 centuries, each of them a world record.

MATCHLESS STATS


Most runs 18,426 
Most centuries 49
Most Man of Match awards 62 

Most Player of the Series awards: 15
Most matches: 463
Longest career: 22 years 91 days
Unique triple: 15000 runs 
(18426 -avg.44.83) 100 wickets (154) and 100 catches (140)
Most hundreds against one team: 9 vs Australia
Only batsman to register 8 or more hundreds against two nations: 9 vs Australia and 8 vs Sri Lanka
Most innings of 50-plus: 195 — 49 centuries + 96 fifties
Most runs in a calendar year: 1894 (ave.65.31) in 34 matches in 1998
Most hundreds in a calendar year: 9 in 34 matches in 1998
1000 runs in a calendar year most times: 7 times
Most 90s in a career: 18
Most fours: 2016
Most runs against Australia: 3077 at an average of 44.59 in 71 matches
Most runs against Sri Lanka: 3113 (ave.43.84) in 84 matches.
Most runs against South Africa: 2001 runs at an average of 35.73 in 57 matches
Most centuries against South Africa: 5
Most runs against Pakistan: 2526 (ave.40.09) in 69 matches
Most hundreds against Pakistan: 5 - a record he shares with Brian Lara
Most runs in World Cups: 2278 runs at an average of 56.95 in 45 matches
Most centuries in World Cups: 6 in 44 innings
Most runs in a single World Cup: 673 at an average of 61.18 in 11 matches in 2002-03 
Only batsman to manage 500 runs in a single World Cup twice: 673 in 2003 and 523 (ave.87.16) in seven matches in 1995-96.

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