Full Text Read Sachin Tendulkar’s Retirement Letter to BCCI

Full Text Read Sachin Tendulkar’s Retirement Letter to BCCI

Full text of Sachin Tendulkar`s letter to the BCCI announcing his retirement from Tests.

"All my life, I have had a dream of playing cricket for India. I have been living this dream every day for the last 24 years. It’s hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it’s all I have ever done since I was 11 years old. It’s been a huge honour to have represented my country and played all over the world. I look forward to playing my 200th Test Match on home soil, as I call it a day.

I thank the BCCI for everything over the years and for permitting me to move on when my heart feels it`s time! I thank my family for their patience and understanding. Most of all, I thank my fans and well-wishers who through their prayers and wishes have given me the strength to go out and perform at my best.

Sachin Tendulkar
Forwarded by:
Sanjay Patel
Hony. Secretary
BCCI

When and on which date Sachin Tendulkar will play his 200th test match?

He retired from one-day internationals in December 2012, will end his career with two matches against West Indies.
 
October 10, 2013 was the day that the Master blaster  announced to a world that his 200th Test against the West Indies will be his last, putting an end to his spectacular career of more than two decades.

Tendulkar`s 200th Test match is most likely to be held at his home ground in Mumbai from November 14.

The Eden Gardens in Kolkata is also a contender for hosting that historic match.

The BCCI has not yet announced the venues for the two Tests against the West Indies.

Important Facts about Sachin Tendulkar

1)   
1973: Born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 24 April

2)   
1989: Makes Test debut for India against Pakistan, aged 16

3)   
1990: Scores first Test century, against England

4)   
1998: Scores first double century for Mumbai against Australia

5)   
2005: Passes Sunil Gavaskar's record of highest number of Test centuries

6)   
2008: Becomes the highest run-scorer in Test cricket, passing West Indies' Brian Lara's mark of 11,953

7)   
2010: Becomes the most capped player in Test history

8)   
2011: Wins the World Cup with India

9)   
2012: Scores his 100th international century in ODI v Bangladesh in March; retires from ODIs in December

10)   
2013: Announces retirement from cricket

11)   
Test matches (198) - He has scored 15,837 runs at an average of 53.86, hitting 51 tons and 67 half centuries. His top score was an unbeaten 248 against Bangladesh in Dhaka in December 2004

12)   
One-day internationals (463) - He has scored 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83 and a strike rate of 86.23. He has scored 49 centuries (highest score 200) and 96 fifties

13)   
Twenty20 internationals - He only made one international appearance in the shortest form of the game, scoring 12 from 15 balls against South Africa in December 2006


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