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Sachin Tendulkar’s last day in cricket( 16th November 2013 )

Sachin Tendulkar's last day in cricket( 16th November 2013 )

On this day in 2013 batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar ended his 24 year old cricketing career after India beat West Indies in his 200th Test match at the iconic Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai. Tendulkar bid adieu in front of a jam-packed crowd,on a day when billions shed tears as the Master Blaster gave his farewell speech.He also touched 22 yards in a  thanksgiving gesture and scored a stroke-filled 74 in India’s first innings,his last in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar retired with 34,357 international runs which include 100 hundreds,most by any player.

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Some Lesser known facts about him-

*Tendulkar holds a unique distinction of scoring a century on debut in Ranji, Irani & Duleep Trophy respectively.

*Tendulkar was the first player to be given out by third umpire in an international game.

*Tendulkar was a ball-boy during the 1987 semi final between India and England.

 

**On the very same day of retirement,he was awarded Bharat Ratna-highest civilian award given in india.

Although,his debut in 1989 was a fiery introduction to international cricket,when as a 16 yr old he had to face up  the might of Wasim Akram, Imran khan and Waqar Younis in their backyard.Since then he has gone on to amass records by a dozen, a few of which are unlikely to be surpassed during his lifetime.He has the most numbers of runs in Test matches and One day internationals .Moreover, he scoed most number of centuries in both formats.More than 30,000 international runs are not likely to be overtaken by anyone,as his list of international centuries.He has become the only man in history to get to 100 international centuries, a mind boggling achievement comparable to Don Bradman’s career avg.of 99.94.He has almost everything as an individual and also been part of innumberable team’s successes, with a World cup win in 2011.

Thankyou Sachin.

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Virat Kohli played an instrumental innings of 76 runs off just 59 balls which helped India to a respectable total of 176 runs in the course of 20 overs. India got off to a flying start scoring 23 runs in just 1.3 overs but two successive wickets of skipper Rohit(9) and Rishabh Pant(0) put India on backfoot and SuryaKumar Yadav just scored 3 runs as India were tumbling at 34/3 at one stage in 4.3 overs.

Virat Kohli put value for his wicket and stitched two crucial partnership with Axar Patel and Shivam Dube to take India’s total forward. The former India skipper was failing to time the ball before his half century but the flow of runs started after reaching a well made half ton off 48 balls. He was eventually declared the man of the match for his well made 76 runs which proved the difference as India finally won an ICC trophy after 2013 champions trophy heroics. India restricted South Africa for 169 runs to win the T20 world cup 2024 by 7 runs and they snatched the win from the jaws of defeat when at one stage Heinrich Klaasen was thrashing the Indian bowlers to all corners of the stadium.

Virat Kohli announces his retirement

Virat Kohli announced his retirement after getting adjudged the man of the match for his heroic innings of 76 runs in the world cup final.

“This was my last T20 World Cup, this is exactly what we wanted to achieve. One day you feel like you can’t get a run and this happens, God is great. Just the occasion, now or never kind of situation. This was my last T20 game playing for India. We wanted to lift that cup. Wanted to Yes I have, this was an open secret.

“Not something that I wasn’t going to announce even if we had lost. Time for the next generation to take the T20 game forward. It’s been a long wait for us, waiting to win an ICC tournament. You look at someone like Rohit, he’s played 9 T20 World Cups and this is my sixth. He deserves it,” Kohli said in the post-match chat.

Kohli finished his T20I career as the highest run-scorer in T20 World Cups (1292) and the second-highest T20I run-getter (4188), only behind his teammate and captain Rohit Sharma.

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The Indian team led by the instrumental skipper Rohit Sharma has done wonders in the ongoing world cup. After the conclusion of IPL 2024, many questioned the batting prowess of Rohit Sharma but the skipper delivered against Australia when it mattered the most. All-rounder Hardik Pandya and pacer Arshdeep Singh have also been instrumental in the world cup after dismal show in the Indian Premier League.

India started its world cup campaign against a low lying Ireland on a tricky New York wicket and got off to a winning start with a 8 wickets victory. They were next up against arch rivals Pakistan and only managed to put 119 runs on the board and Pakistan looked at an easy win at one moment but Jasprit Bumrah swung the match in India’s favor to help the men in blue register a 6 runs victory.

Their last group stage clash against Canada in Florida was called off due to rain but it didn’t stopped them from topping their group and reaching the super 8 where they were clubbed with Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Australia.

The men in blue registered an easy win against Afghanistan in their super 8 opener encounter by 47 runs and followed it up with a 50 run victory over Bangladesh. The Rohit Sharma led team was up against the mighty Aussie in their last encounter and on a good batting wicket of Saint Lucia, India managed to score 205 runs and restricted Australia to 181 runs to register a 24 runs victory.

Afghanistan managed to beat Australia and Bangladesh after getting hammered by India to make their way in the semi final of the world cup where they will be up against South Africa while India will face the defending champions England.

Rain Gods may help India

WTC 2023 Final India vs Australia: Weather report and chances of rain at Kennington Oval in LondonThe semi final 1 between Afghanistan and South Africa has been allotted a reserve day but the 2nd semi final between India and England doesn’t have a reserve day but the match can be extended by 250 minutes in case of a rain delay. It will be a 10:30 start at Guyana and rain is expected to continue in the day with 88% chances of rain. The cricket ground in Guyana doesn’t have the best of facility of drainage so if there is a heavy rain before the game or in the course of the scheduled match then it will get tough to continue and as a result India will reach the finals without taking the ground in the semi finals.

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