Tendulkar to Retires After 200th Test

Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar has announced his retirement from Test cricket and said his 200th match against the West Indies next month would be his last.

Announcing his retirement, Tendulkar said, "All my life, I have had a dream of playing cricket. I have been living this dream every day for the last 24 years."

He added: "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. "

Tendulkar will play his last Test against the West Indies in the upcoming series.

Tendulkar, who had retired from ODIs in December 2012, has been in patchy form over the last two seasons and the issue of his retirement has caused plenty of debates.

Career Statistics

International Debut: 1989

Batting and fielding records

	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St

Test	198	327	33	15837	248*	53.87	29312	54.03	51	67	2094	69	115	-

ODI	463	452	41	18426	200*	44.83	21367	86.24	49	96	2016	195	140	-

T20I	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	12	83.33	-	-	2	-	1	-

Bowling records

	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Eco	SR	4W	5W	10W

Test	198	142	4198	2461	45	3/10	3/14	54.69	3.52	93.29	-	-	-

ODI	463	270	8054	6850	154	5/32	5/32	44.48	5.10	52.30	4	2	-

T20I	1	1	15	12	1	1/12	1/12	12.00	4.80	15.00	-	-	-

Scores	Upcoming	Results
West Indies vs Bangladesh - 3rd T20I 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 21, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - South Africa v Pakistan - December 22, 12:00 GMT 2nd ODI - South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town Pakistan won by 81 runs 2nd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 232 runs

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