Friday 15 November 2013

Sachin Tendulkar falls short of century in final Test match but India maintain control against West Indies Half-way there: Sachin Tendulkar reaches his fifty but is unable to post treble figures Picture: ILLUSTRATION BY RICHARD SWARBRICK By Ian Chadband, Chief Sports Correspondent in Mumbai7:59AM GMT 15 Nov 2013 Sachin Tendulkar scores 74 on second day of second Test against West Indies at Wankhede Stadium in what may have been his final innings in international cricket Sachin Tendulkar walked forlornly back to the pavilion, removed his helmet, span around to wave his bat in the direction of all his disciples and then he was gone, leaving a billion broken hearts around India as his dream of saying farewell to cricket with a century died here at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Oh, but how close he came and what drama the little king provided amid an atmosphere the like of which sport can rarely have imagined. When he was finally out for 74, a funereal hush descended where only minutes before there had been only joyous pandemonium.

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