Sachin Tendulkar: End To An Era Of Excellence

The batting legend enjoys a great first class record in his home ground - 3,534 runs with a highest of unbeaten 233. But in 10 Tests here, Tendulkar has got 847 runs, highest being 148 (against Sri Lanka in 1996-97), at an average of 47.05, a far cry from his impressive record at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, or Chennai's M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

A columnists in the New York Times have paid rich tributes to India's "cricket God" saying there would be an intense sense of loss in the cricketing world after his retirement.

In an OpEd titled "Where the Gods Live On ... and On" Tunku Varadarajan, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, noted "Tendulkar, whom everyone calls Sachin, is the most revered cricketer in India."

"In fact, it would be entirely accurate to describe him as the most revered contemporary Indian, or even, with only a pinch of hyperbole, the most revered Indian since Mahatma Gandhi held the nation in thrall."

(With IANS Input)

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