Apropos Sachin Tendulkar's retirement, it is important to recall that this youngster impressed and hugely entertained the crowd at Karachi's National Stadium when he began his cricketing career in 1989 through his wide range of stokes and ability to attack any bowler with sheer confidence and contempt. Twenty-four years later, he wept as he left the pitch for the final time on his 200th Test match.
The master batsman waved to thousands of cheering, emotional fans and wiped tears from his eyes as he left the field through a guard of honour formed by his team-mates in Mumbai's Wankhede stadium. Those who watched Tendulkar in action at National Stadium wish to pay him tribute for retiring from the game as the world's leading scorer in both Test and one-day cricket and the only man to score 100 international centuries.