Hours after Sachin Tendulkar retired from his long cricketing career, the Indian government has conferred him with the Bharat Ratna -- the countrys highest civilian award. Eminent scientist Prof C.N.R. Rao is the other recipient of the Bharat Ratna. Tendulkars last match: Sachin Tendulkar India won by an innings and 126 runs. Photo By: Bhaskar Paul Welcome to the coverage of Day 3 of the 2nd Test match between India and West Indies from the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. SCORECARD | DAY 2 | DAY 1 | SALAAM SACHIN West Indies were bowled out for 187 runs in the second innings against a superb bowling performance by India. A comprehensive win for India in the end as expected. Tendulkar took his hat off to acknowledge the crowds cheer before going off. West Indies were already 3 down at the end of Day 2. They were not expected to survive long today and that is exactly what happened. It wasnt all that a bad pitch to bat on, but some poor shot selection by Samuels, Deonarine early on opened the floodgates. Ojha and Ashwin ran through the West Indies lower-order at will. Chanderpaul and Ramdin fighted for a while but the former misread a Ashwin slider which hurt the visitors badly. Ramdin went on to make a fine fifty, but lack of support at the other end meant it was a mere formality for India to wrap-up the game. Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar after the presentation ceremony at Wankhede stadium. Photo By: Bhaskar Paul Sachin Tendulkars MARCH is over now. The GOD OF CRICKET goes all the way in the middle of the ground and BOWS DOWN on the pitch. He TOUCHED IT TO HIS EYES and walks back in TEARS again. He takes the FINAL WALK towards the DRESSING ROOM!! ALSO READ: The Kings Speech! Sachin Tendulkars final words take Twitter by storm Tendulkar SALUTES the crowd by waving the Indian flag. MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli CARRY the LITTLE MASTER on their shoulders. Its Sachin...Sachin.. doing the rounds at the Wankhede stadium. Tendulkars family is very EMOTIONAL. The MASTER BLASTER takes the Indian flag in his hands and sets off for a LAP OF HONOUR at Wankhede. Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar broke down in tears at the Wankhede stadium. Photo By: Bhaskar Paul Rahul Bose and a lot of CELEBRITIES in the crowd BREAK DOWN in happiness. This is undoubtedly the GREATEST FAREWELL TO A CRICKETER!! FINAL WORDS OF SACHIN TENDULKAR on cricket field: All my friends, settle down let me talk, Ill get more and more emotional. The crowd goes berserk out there. My life between 22 yards in the 24 years, its hard to believe that its coming to an end. I would like to thank all the people who have helped me in my life to get here. I have a list in my hand. Please forgive me if I miss out on a few names. First, my father, he passed away in 1999. He was key to my career. He gave me freedom, chase your dreams and dont find shortcuts. He also told me to be a nice human being. My mother, I dont how she dealt with such a naughty like guy me. She took care of me to be healthy. She started praying for me even before I started my career and I think those prayers gave my strength. In my school days, I used to stay with my uncle and aunt as my school was far away. They treated me like their son. My eldest brother, he used to tell me, I know youd do everything right and I have the confidence in you. WATCH SO SORRY: THANK YOU SACHIN! My sister, she gave my the first bat for me. A Kashmir Willow bat. She continues to fast when I bat. Ajit, I dont what do I talk about him. It all started from the age of 11, he took to Achrekar sir my coach. And my life changed. Even last night, he called me and we were discussing my dismissal. Various things we agreed upon, my technique. I have had a lot of chat with him. If I had not done that, I would have been a lesser cricketer. The most important one in 1991, I met my wife Anjali. I know she was a doctor. When we decided to make it a family, she said, you continue with your cricket and Ill take care of the family. Without that I think I couldnt have played so much cricket. Thank you for all that youve done and it is the best partnership Ive had in my life. Then Sara and Arjun are two precious diamonds in my life My daughter is 16 and son is 14, time has flown by. I wasnt able to be with them for the birthdays, annual days and stuff. Thanks for understanding all that, both of you have been so special to me. Ive not spent enough time with you but I promise you the rest is for you. My in-laws have been supporting. I discuss various things with them, we have a strong family and thank you for allowing me to marry Anjali. There have been a lot of friends who have supported me. Leaving their work and coming to bowl to me when I called them. I thought my career was over when I was injured, by my friends called even at 3 am and made me believe that it was not over. My career started at 11. My brother took me to Achrekar sir and that is the best to have happened to me. Sir would be taking me on his scooter all over Mumbai to ensure that I get enough match practice. On a lighter note, hes never said well played to me so that I dont get complacent. My cricket started right here at this ground. The dream was obviously to play for India. BCCI was fantastic, they believed me at the age of 16 and selected me. Thanks for the support and the freedom, without that this couldnt have happened. I have played with many senior cricketers, thanks to everyone for helping me out. I see Rahul, Laxman, Sourav and my teammates, you guys are like my family. It is going to be difficult without that dressing room, sharing those special moments. When Dhoni gave me the 200th Test cap, I just said, we are all proud to be here as a team and I believe that you guys will take care of this country in the right spirit to the best of our abilities. I believe in you and all the best for your future. Thanks to all the doctors, physios, without your special efforts, I couldnt have been fit. I dont know how you all kept me in good shape. My dear friend, late Mark Mascarenhas, my first manager. Without him I couldnt have achieved all this. All those sponsorship deals etc. thanks for your support. I miss you. My manager Vinod Naidu, hes more like my family. Hes given me so much time leaving his family to work with him. In the school days when I played well, the media backed me a lot. Youve been doing that till now. Thank you to all of you, all those photographers. Those moments will remain with me for the career. I want to thank all the people where who have flown in from across the world and supporting me whether I scored a zero or a 100. Ive met a lot of people who do all sorts of things for me, thank you for all that youve done. Especially, Sachin... Sachin.. that will be ringing in my ears till I am breathing. Thank you very much. I am sorry if I have missed out on anything. GOODBYE! This is the biggest match in the cricketing histroy and thank you Sachin for all that youve done. We wont see this again, Indian skipper MS Dhoni. Were honoured to play against Sachin Tendulkar in his historical and final Test match, West Indies skipper Darren Sammy said. Sachin Tendulkar gets a Special Award by the Sri Lankan government. Pragyan Ojha has been declared the Man of the Match while Rohit Sharma gets the Man of the Series award. All those MEMORIES as young lad in the 90s when we used to practice those SHADOW Sachin shots, crouch and adjust the abdomen guard like he does are going through my mind. Those MOMENTS when the TV would be off as soon as he gets out. That UPPER-CUT off Shoaib Akthar in the 2003 WC, that pull off Caddick, that STRAIGHT-DRIVE off Brett Lee, that FLICK OF THE WRIST from outside off and lots more. How can one FORGET those? WATCH VIDEO: SACHIN BREAKS DOWN AFTER TEAM INDIA WINS Tendulkars daughter Sara and son Arjun are in tears too while his wife Anjali is HIDING HER EMOTIONS behind the dark glasses. Ravi Shastri comes down in the middle to CONGRATULATE Tendulkar. The LITTLE MASTER is in TEARS here. The Indian team tried to give him a GUARD OF HONOUR but Tendulkar COULDNT CONTROL HIS EMOTIONS and decided to WALK OFF. He is climbing up the stairs WIPING OFF the tears!! THATS THE END for Windies and the 24-year-long ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER of Sachin Tendulkar!! 46.6 overs: OUT!! Mohammed Shami has bowled Shannon Gabriel on an in-swinging delivery. Gabriel was looking to defend but misses it completely as the ball detonates the middle-stump off the ground. Shannon Gabriel departs for a golden duck. Shannon Gabriel comes to the crease for West Indies. Ravichandran Ashwin gets his FOURTH WICKET in the 2nd innings. Will he pull off a FIVE-FOR? 44.4 overs: Thats OUT!! Ravichandran Ashwin has got Shane Shillingford out lbw on a flighted delivery. Shillingford misses the sweep and gets struck on the pads in front of the stumps. Shane Shillingford departs after scoring eight runs off 17 balls with two boundaries. 44.1 overs: FOUR!! Denesh Ramdin drives it towards long-off for a boundary and brings up his 11th TEST FIFTY!! 43.3 overs: FOUR!! Shane Shillingford clears his front leg and hammers it towards the long-on fence for a boundary. 42.2 overs: FOUR!! Denesh Ramdin takes it on the full and smashes it towards deep midwicket for a boundary. 41.4 overs: FOUR!! Shane Shillingford slogs across and sends it towards deep midwicket fence for a boundary. Sachin Tendulkar comes into the attack for India. The crowd has gone BERSERK at Wankhede!! Shane Shillingford comes to the crease for West Indies. Pragyan Ojha gets his SECOND FIVE-WICKET HAUL in the match and SEVENTH in his Tst career. Ojha has GRABBED 10 WICKETS in a Test match for the very FIRST TIME!! 39.6 overs: OUT!! Pragyan Ojha has got Darren Sammy out lbw on a quicker delivery. Sammy was rapped on the pads in front of the stumps. Darren Sammy departs after scoring just one run off eight balls. Windies are FALLING APART here!! 38.6 overs: FOUR!! Ravichandran Ashwin goes for the sweep and gets a top-edge towards fine leg fence for a boundary. With Denesh Ramdin(37) and Darren Sammy(1) at crease, West Indies are currently at 162/7 after 39 overs. Darren Sammy comes to the crease for West Indies. Ravichandran Ashwin gets his THIRD WICKET in the 2nd innings!! 38.2 overs: THATS OUT!! Ravichandran Ashwin has got Shivnarine Chanderpaul out lbw on a tossed up delivery. Chanderpaul was looking to defend but gets struck on his pads in front of the stumps. Shivnarine Chanderpaul departs after scoring 41 runs off 62 balls with four boundaries. BIG BLOW for Windies!! 36.5 overs: FOUR!! Denesh Ramdin walks down the track and hoicks it over midwicket for a boundary. AGGRESSIVE PLAY by Ramdin!! 35.3 overs: FOUR!! Denesh Ramdin gets across the line and whacks it wide of point for a boundary. 34.6 overs: FOUR!! Shivnarine Chanderpaul skips down the wicket and guides it through cover for another boundary. BACK-TO-BACK boundaries for Chanderpaul!! 34.5 overs: FOUR!! Shivnarine Chanderpaul frees his arms and cuts it past point for a blazing boundary. 33.4 overs: FOUR!! Denesh Ramdin gets on the backfoot and slaps it over point for a boundary. POOR LINE from Shami!! 31.6 overs: FOUR!! Shivanarine Chanderpaul waits for it and flicks it through midwicket for a boundary. 30.2 overs: FOUR!! Shivnarine Chanderpaul gets on the frontfoot and drives it through covers for a boundary. EXQUISITE DRIVE from Chanderpaul!! SACHIN TENDULKAR TRIVIA: He scored 169 vs South Africa at Cape Town in January 1997 but couldnt save the match for India. This Test match will FOREVER BE REMEMBERED for the SENSATIONAL STAND of 222 between Sachin and Azhar which stood out for the BREATHTAKING display of STROKE-MAKING against a very HIGH QUALITY attack of Donald, Pollock, Klusener and McMillan on a fast Cape Town wicket. The duo came together when India were on the ropes at 58/5 and THRILLED the crowd with an astounding array of strokes that left the Proteas attack DAZED. After Azhar was out, Tendulkar ensured India AVOIDED the follow-on and when he was finally out for 169 to an OUT-OF-THE-WORLD catch by Adam Bacher at deep midwicket, the crowd were on their feet LAUDING the sheer genius that they had witnessed earlier in the afternoon. Tendulkars effort wasnt ENOUGH though as India SUCCUMBED to a heavy defeat. 29.6 overs: FOUR!! Denesh Ramdin leans forward and drills it past mid-off for a boundary. 28.1 overs: SIX!! Denesh Ramdin swivels across and smashes it over the deep midwicket fence for the maximum. MIGHTY HIT from Ramdin!! 26.2 overs: FOUR!! Denesh Ramdin rocks back and whips it past point for a boundary. Denesh Ramdin comes to the crease for West Indies. Thats the FOURTH WICKET for Prgyan Ojha. Hes taken NINE WICKETS so far in the match and looks SET for another FIVE-WICKET HAUL in the second innings!! 23.4 overs: THATS OUT!! Pragyan Ojha has got Narsingh Deonarine out caught and bowled on a quicker delivery. Deonarine was looking to drive but hits it back towards Ojha for a simple catch. Narsingh Deonarine departs without troubling the scorecard. This is EMBARRASSING for Windies!! Narsingh Deonarine comes to the crease for West Indies. Pragyan Ojha gets his THIRD WICKET in the 2nd innings!! 21.3 overs: OUT!! Pragyan Ojha has got Chris Gayle out caught by the wicket-keeper. Gayle was looking to cut the ball but gets a thick outside edge through to MS Dhoni behind the stumps. Chris Gayle departs after scoring 35 runs off 53 balls with four boundaries and a six. Another BLOW for Windies!! 19.6 overs: SIX!! Chris Gayle stands tall and sends it sailing deep into the stands over the long-on fence for the maximum. LUSTY BLOW from Gayle!! Shivnarine Chanderpaul comes to the crease for West Indies. Pragyan Ojha gets the FIRST WICKET of the day for India!! 17.3 overs: THATS OUT!! Pragyan Ojha has got Marlon Samuels out stumped by the wicket-keeper. Samuels skips down the track for the big shot but misses it as MS Dhoni whips the bails off in a flash to catch him way short at the crease. Marlon Samuels departs after scoring 11 runs off 18 balls with two boundaries. BIG BLOW for Windies!! 16.2 overs: FOUR!! Chris Gayle rocks back and thumps it past midwicket for a boundary. 15.5 overs: FOUR!! Marlon Samuels reaches out for it and hammers it through covers for a boundary. CRACKING SHOT by Samuels!! SEVENTEEN RUNS off the over. REMINDS me of T20!! 14.6 overs: FOUR!! Marlon Samuels shimmies down the track and drills it back past the bowler for the fourth boundary in the over. 14.4 overs: FOUR!! Chris Gayle leans forward and whips it through midwicket for a boundary. Gayle has UNLEASHED himself here!! 14.2 overs: FOUR!! Chris Gayle bends down and sweeps it fine for another boundary. 14.1 overs: FOUR!! Chris Gayle takes it on the full and slams it towards deep square leg for the first boundary of the day. ONE RUN off the over!! Pragyan Ojha will bowl from the other end for India. SIX RUNS off the over!! Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels are out in the middle for West Indies while Ravichandran Ashwin will bowl for India. Day 2: West Indies scored 43 runs at the loss of three wickets while trailing by 270 runs against India by the end of Day 2 at the Wankhede stadium. It was another day of DOMINATION for Team India. It started off with all eyes GLUED on Sachin Tendulkar who played WONDERFULLY before being DISMISSED against the run of play, much to the AGONY of the crowd that was very VOCAL. Cheteshwar Pujara carried on at the other end and rode his LUCK when the third umpire ruled a CATCH APPEAL in his favour when he was batting on 76. He went on to register his 5th TEST HUNDRED alongside Virat Kohli who made a FINE FIFTY. Rohit Sharma then carried the innings on his shoulders and shared a 80-run 10th wicket stand with Mohammad Shami while bringing up his 2nd CONSECUTIVE TEST TON. He also became only the 2nd INDIAN to score BACK-TO-BACK Test HUNDREDS in the first two innings of a Test career. India had already SIZED UP a lead over 300 by then. The West Indies came out and looked to defend initially. But Kieran Powell played a HAPLESS SHOT to throw his wicket away to open the door for the Indian spinners. Ojha removed NIGHTWATCHMAN Tino Best before Ashwin found the outside edge of Darren Bravo in the final over the day. Looks like this match is going to END within 3 days. The batsmen were ALL AT SEA as the ball was turning big and bouncing a lot off the ROUGH. Day 1: Team India scored 157 runs at the loss of two wickets after 34 overs against West Indies by the end of the first day of the 2nd Test at the Wankhede stadium. The hosts clearly DOMINATED the first day of play with a SCINTILLATING bowling performance inspired by Pragyan Ojhas FIVE-WICKET HAUL. West Indies were looking GOOD with Kieran Powell and Darren Bravo at crease. But, LOST their way after lunch as the wickets RAINED DOWN at the Wankhede stadium. Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay began a SOLID INNINGS for the hosts in what looked to be a SPECTACULAR PLATFORM for their team. Windies turned to their SAVIOUR Shane Shillingford who didnt DISAPPOINT his skipper. The lanky spinner scalped Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay in one over to bring his side BACK INTO THE GAME. The BIGGEST MOMENT of the day was undoubtedly the ARRIVAL of Sachin Tendulkar at the crease. After missing out in the 1st Test, Tendulkar looked in SUBLIME touch and played his natural game with a lot of CONFIDENCE alongside his partner Cheteshwar Pujara. A total of 339 runs were scored alongside 12 wickets on the first day of a Test match? Youve got be kidding me. TOSS: India won the toss and elected to field first against West Indies. Teams(from): India: MS Dhoni(c/wk), Shikhar Dhawan, M. Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, R. Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma. West Indies: Darren Sammy(c), Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sheldon Cotterell, Narsingh Deonarine, Kirk Edwards, Chris Gayle, Veersammy Permaul, Kieran Powell, Denesh Ramdin(wk), Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Shane Shillingford, Shannon Gabriel, Chadwick Walton
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