SACHIN TENDULKAR
Another choice that might not go down well with the fans, along with MS Dhoni, but there is a majority of people that think that Sachin Tendulkar should have retired from the game after the crowning glory of the 2011 World Cup, which completed the only thing missing from his legendary career.
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Tendulkar holds the record for most runs, most centuries in both Tests and ODIs and has also played most matches-463 ODIs and 200 Tests in international cricket. He is the only man to make 100 international centuries and play 200 Tests. Tendulkar’s career started at the age of 16 in 1989 and ended in 2013 at the age of 40.
However, post the 2011 World Cup, playing cricket for over 20 years had taken the toll on Tendulkar’s body and age had slowed down his reflexes as well. The conquest for the 100th international hundred kept him going on and once that was reached in 2012 with his 49th ODI century, he retired from ODI cricket.
However, he continued toiling in Tests making just 1229 runs at an average of 32.32 in his last 23 matches without a single century.
Had he retired from international cricket after the high of 2011 World Cup, Tendulkar’s legacy would have been etched in gold without such laments in afterthought.
