The master blaster Sachin Tendulkar retires from One Day International Cricket Career. Tendulkar finishes an illustrious career in the 50-over format, having played for 23 years (1989-2012) of magic, 463 ODIs, scored 18,426 runs and made 49 centuries, each of them a world record. The most prolific run scorer in the world ever is 39 years of age. He announces about his retirement from One Day International Cricket Career on Sunday, 23 December 2012 as he wants to focus on Test cricket.
He made his debut on December 18, 1989, as a 16-year-old against Pakistan. He played his last ODI on March 18, 2012, also against Pakistan in the Asia Cup.
His last ODI was against Pakistan in Dhaka during the Asia Cup, where he made a half-century in India’s victory. And also Tendulkar made his ODI debut on his first international tour, in 1989, against Pakistan in Gujranwala, where he got a duck.
He scored his first half-century in his ninth ODI and his first century took 79 ODIs to arrive.His innings of 114 against Bangladesh on March 16, 2012 was his 100th international hundred which is a world record in the cricket history to be the only cricketer to have scored a 100th Hundred. He was also part of the Indian cricket team when they won their second World Cup in 2011 after a gap of 28 years since 1983.
The master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is known as the record maker and breaker in the Cricket history.
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