India send Tendulkar off in style

Nov 16, 2013

The day began with the Indian players lining up for the last team photograph featuring Sachin Tendulkar•BCCI

India had to wait only five overs for the first breakthrough, as Pragyan Ojha lured Marlon Samuels out of his crease, and MS Dhoni stumped him•BCCI

Shivnarine Chanderpaul resisted with 41, but he was trapped lbw by R Ashwin in the 39th over •BCCI

Mohammed Shami ended the Test by bowling Shannon Gabriel, bringing the storied career of Tendulkar to an end. Ojha, who finished the game with 10 wickets, was named Man of the Match•BCCI

He led the team out to the middle for the final time, with India needing only seven wickets for victory•BCCI

Chris Gayle batted aggressively but soon edged a quicker delivery from Ojha to Dhoni•BCCI

With the end looming, Dhoni tossed the ball to Tendulkar, much to the delight of the Mumbai faithful, even though he went wicketless in his two overs•BCCI

Two hundred Tests, 15,921 runs, and 51 centuries over 24 years, finally got to Tendulkar, as he was moved to tears while bidding farewell to an equally emotional crowd•BCCI

Ojha struck for a third time in quick succession, catching Narsingh Deonarine off his own bowling to leave West Indies reeling at 89 for 6•BCCI

Denesh Ramdin scored a half-century, but it was only a matter of time before West Indies succumbed to a second consecutive innings defeat•BCCI

His teammates also joined in the celebrations, forming a guard of honour for the man who during his illustrious career, carried the hopes of an entire nation•BCCI