Retirement: Sachin Tendulkar quits ODIs

Sachin Tendulkar has decided to fade away, albeit partially from the world of international cricket, in particular from the 50-overs format.

The 39-year-old ended his world record 463-match ODI career in which he scored 18,426 runs at 44.83 by informing the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that he is through with the 50-overs form of the game in which he played six World Cups from the 1992 Benson and Hedges World Cup in Australia-New Zealand till the ICC World Cup 2011 that India won defeating Sri Lanka in the final at the Wankhede Stadium.

Dec 2012