Sachin Tendulkar announced his decision to retire from Test cricket after playing his landmark 200th match against the West Indies next month.
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar said that singing the national anthem in front of a packed Wankhede Stadium before the 2011 World Cup final is the 'proudest feeling' he has ever had in his life.
Bound by a thread: Tendulkar recalls Kohli's special gesture on retirement day
This is a huge honour for Tendulkar, who retired from international cricket eight years ago in 2013
Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar will mentor 11 emerging players, including Parveez Rasool and Unmukt Chand, as part of an initiative by sports apparel company.
The little girl with a plastic bat in a small town must feel that the world is open to her, just as I felt after watching a triumphant Team India in 1983, says Sachin Tendulkar.
Reader Chirag Makwana sent us this picture from London.
'Walking back onto the field feels like coming home.'
'In badminton, the score always starts with 'love,' and your beautiful journey with Venkata Datta Sai will continue with 'love' forever.'
Reader Swapnil Gupta sent us this picture from Mumbai.
Reader Jitendra Dhulekar sent us this picture from Sri Lanka.
Impact substitute Sameer Rizvi continued his red-hot form with another fine half-century as an all-round Delhi Capitals outclassed Mumbai Indians by six wickets in their first home game of the 2026 IPL season
Rajneesh Gupta checks out The Master's unknown records and milestones.
The attention he receives goes beyond mere adulation and enters the world of veneration. Is any deity ever worshipped more, asks Mike Selvey, former English Test cricketer, now the cricket correspondent for The Guardian newspaper, in his column for the Wisden India Almanack 2013 first edition to be released on Sunday. Exclusive to Rediff.com
Australian speedster Nathan Coulter-Nile is in awe of Sachin Tendulkar and does not want the senior India batsman to retire from the game.
Reader Sumeeth Pai sent us this photograph from Bangalore.
The hotel found the staffer and said it would be a delight to connect the two
The Government has decided to confer the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award on eminent scientist Prof C.N.R.Rao and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar.
Sachin Tendulkar turned 52 on Thursday. His illustrious career has been marked by record-breaking success
Amid the numbers and milestones, it was Anushka's warm acknowledgment -- posted from London, where the couple live with their children Vamika and Akaay -- that became the emotional highlight of the night.
Reader Mehak Vashist sent us this picture from Auckland.
Shubman Gill was extremely consistent with thought process, respected good balls: Sachin Tendulkar
Reader Rahul Palem sent us a picture of Sachin Tendulkar.
Sachin Tendulkar said that he still remembers his conversations with Suresh Raina during the latter's debut Test match.
Sachin Tendulkar and former all-rounder Salim Durrani bagged top honours, while the World Cup winning Indian team led by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was felicitated by the Cricket Board at it annual awards.
Virat Kohli has now amassed 1,091 runs in 300-plus successful chases in ODIs, averaging 121.22 with a strike rate of 125.25, including seven hundreds and two fifties.
Sachin Tendulkar walked down the memory lane as he narrated several anecdotes of his childhood.
'Now, the sport has the opportunity to transcend barriers -- of gender, of perception, of accessibility.'
'The reason why this victory is great is because different players made contributions to the win. Someone \n\nscored a quick 10 runs, someone got a run-out. The team clicked as a whole unit,' says Sachin Tendulkar.
Reader Bappa Tirthankar sent us this picture of Sachin Tendulkar at the Mumbai International airport.
Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is the most talked about person on Facebook in India beating likes of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and Apple iconic device iPhone 5s, the US-based social networking site said on Monday.
India's limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is on the verge of breaking another record in One Day Internationals. The 35 year-old batsman is only four sixes short of eclipsing none other than legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar's record of scoring the most number of sixes for India.
Well aware that he would not pick up the willow again, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar had discussed his last dismissal with his elder brother Ajit even after his farewell Test against the West Indies in November 2013.
The master blaster's fans could not get enough of their hero and turned to the Eden Gardens to celebrate their iconic stars birthday in their own special ways.
Sachin Tendulkar, who called it a day from all forms of cricket after playing his 200th Test last November, turns 41 today.
Former wicketkeeper-batter Farokh Engineer also mourned the loss of his "dear friend".
Reader Jimish Kapadia spotted Sachin Tendulkar at Santacruz airport.
Deaflympics gold medallist Virender Singh Yadav, better known as Goonga Pehlwan, has now decided to return his Padma Shri to the government, showing solidarity with the country's top wrestlers.
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