2013The day India wept. Sachin Tendulkar retired from cricket at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium
, his home ground, bringing the curtains down on a glittering international career that spanned 24 years. India thumped West Indies by an innings and 126 runs to wrap up the series 2-0 but the focus was entirely on Tendulkar, who cracked an energetic 74 before he edged to first slip on the second day. The match ended on the third morning, after which Tendulkar delivered a stirring speech in front of a doting crowd, and then took a victory lap of the stadium, hoisted aloft by his team-mates. His final act on a cricket ground was to pay his respects to the pitch, after which he climbed the stairs to the dressing room. And he was done.
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