After the match, Tendulkar gave a speech at the Wankhede which made cricketing fans all over the globe a little teary-eyed.
The duo is just 27 runs away from completing 1,000 partnership runs against the Windies and if they manage to do so, they will become the first pair to achieve the feat against the Caribbean team in ODIs.
President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian cricket team for their four-wicket win over the West Indies in their World Cup match on Friday.
Fans offered prayers at 'Sangam' in Varanasi and also laid a 'chaadar' at the dargah
Google's Indian-American CEO Sundar Pichai has predicted that India and England would clash in the finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and said he was 'rooting' for the men in blue to emerge victorious.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir said the Men in Blue have a complete bowling unit with quality spinners and pacers in their ranks.
Kohli said post-retirement of Zaheer Khan and other 'stalwarts', they were worried but now, looking at the current scenario, he could not be happier.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli starred with the bat as the duo played knocks of 119 and 89 respectively.
The Indian team may look to revisit its 50-over template while picking up pieces from the thrashing in the second match as they aim to complete a hat-trick of series wins against England in the third and final ODI, in Pune, on Sunday.
"Stunning day at the beach with the boys," Kohli posted
Only the top ten teams will be taking part in this World Cup and they all will play each other in a round-robin format before the semi-finals stage.
Zimbabwe players were sent to the rival dressing room by their coach Andy Waller to gather some cricketing tips from the men in blue.
The Belgians finished first in pool A and hence will be teamed against India.
Shikhar Dhawan's father Mahendra Pal Dhawan on Sunday lauded his son's career-best knock of 137 against South Africa in the ongoing World Cup and expressed hope that the Men in Blue continue their winning streak.
India will be donning their first ever 'away kit' for Sunday's match against England.
Fans are speculating that Dhoni is going to retire
For Team India's two-and-a-half month long trip, the men in Blue have their support staff in full swing. And when it came to victory celebration their wives were present at the Lord's.
Sarfraz, Imad: Pakistanis to win an ICC final vs India
Heaping praise over the the Rohit Sharma-led side, Khanna congratulated head coach Ravi Shastri and the entire team for their 'great achievement', while giving special mention to Karthik's performance.
The men in blue would look to continue their winning ways in the ongoing ICC World T20 when they meet a struggling Australian team in their last group league encounter in Mirpur on Sunday.
In the final, Gambhir had played a match-winning knock of 75 runs off just 54 balls.
No reason why Rohit cannot succeed as an opener in Tests, says batting coach Vikram Rathore
On a night of missed opportunities, the two-time champions rode on goals from Rafael Crivellaro and Nerijus Valskis in the 57th and 59th minutes respectively to pocket three points, which takes it to sixth in the points table with 15 points.
South African pacer Dale Steyn has warned the Indian team to "expect more aggressive bowling" in the second ODI in Durban on Sunday, saying that the visiting batsmen might end up "frightened" by their pace attack.
After the loss at Johannesburg the pressure seems to be clearly on Team India. The men in blue will be fighting for survival as there is no time for the World No 1 team to recover.
Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com looks at the lighter side on what should be Team India's next target in the ongoing tournament, now that the two toughest assignments have been taken care of.
'Every Indian is feeling proud and celebrating this impressive win'
India's batsmen will hope to continue the good work done against Sri Lanka when they take on Australia in Tuesday's second and final warm-up game ahead of the Champions Trophy.
Rediff.com presents how the day unfolded for India and Australia in Hyderabad on Saturday.
'We have been seeing in the last matches those batsmen are going really hard in the power plays. So it is up to us how to find a way to play with their mind and not to give them bowls to their strength and get hit'
The hosts took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, which comprise three back-to-back matches in a span of five days.
Team India, despite all the hype and expectations, failed to beat Australia even once during the tour. On the contrary, the co-hosts, having already got the measure of their opponents in the Test matches and the tri-series, thrashed them in Sydney, abruptly ending the Men in Blue's World Cup defense. Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com looks at the lighter side of things.
India failed to live up to its top billing yet again at the World Twenty20, knocked out in the Super Eights stage, on Tuesday. The 'Men in Blue' won the inaugural World T20 in 2007, but failed to make it to the semi-finals in the last three editions of the tournament. What do you think went wrong for India in the World T20?
Social media is abuzz about India cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's picture with a muffler.
Pant had a bad start to the Windies tour as he was dismissed for 0 and 4 in the first two T20Is of the three-match series. He was later successful in turning around his fortunes as he played a match-winning knock of 65 runs in the third T20I.
The Men in Blue have never beaten the Proteas in a World Cup game.
The Indian cricket team will aim to pick up the pieces after a disastrous performance in the last match and get their campaign back on track when they take on hosts Sri Lanka in the third ODI to be held in Colombo on Saturday.
He may have helped Team India win on celluloid, but the real heroes, says Shreyas Talpade, are the Men in Blue.
'We had a point to prove. We just came with intent'
With seven wins in a row, Team India has had it relatively easy when it comes to making to the last four. The defending champions are up against hosts Australia next. Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com, looking at the lighter side of things, believes it is Shikhar Dhawan who holds the key.
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