Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has finally said good bye to the ODI. His retirement news came in as a schok to scores of cricket fans, who expressed their grief on the social networking websites. It is known that Sachin's retirement has been much debated topic across the country. While some pointed out that Sachin retires, many cricket fans supported Sachin and wanted Master Blaster to continue in ODI for at least another couple of years.

Born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, Sachin entered cricket in 1989. Sachin created n number of records, which fetched him the name God of Cricket. Prestigeous Time magazine too published Sachin's photograph on its front page and labelled him as God of Cricket. Sachin is one cricketer that world might never witness again. He's the only cricketer so far to score 100 centuries.

Sachin Tendulkar-this name would be etched in golden letter in the history books of cricket. Andhra Wishesh takes an opportunity to hail the God of Cricket!

(AW Phani)