Sachin Tendulkar ODI Career: Sachin Tendulkar, the world’s greatest batsman, known as ‘God of Cricket’, retired. It’s been more than a decade. Despite this, many world records remain intact in Sachin’s name. Sachin, who made Team India win the 2011 ODI World Cup, gave India the identity of a strong team in ODI cricket in the 90s and 2000s. He played the last ODI match of his career on March 18, 2012 against Pakistan in the Asia Cup. After this, he said goodbye to the ODI format on 22 December 2012.
Sandeep Patil made a big revelation
Former Chief Selector of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sandeep Patil has made a big revelation regarding Sachin’s retirement from ODI cricket. ‘Master Blaster’ took retirement from international cricket after the Test series against West Indies in 2013, but BCCI had already told him that it was looking for his replacement. In the year 2012, Sachin left ODI cricket and also stopped playing T20 International. At that time Sachin was playing only Test cricket.
What did Patil call Sachin and ask?
Former Chief Selector Sandeep Patil called Sachin and asked, ‘What are your plans?’ Sachin replied, ‘Why?’ Patil told that the selection committee is looking for his replacement. Sachin was surprised to hear this. He called again – Are you serious? Patil said, ‘Yes.’ Patil said during an interview, ‘Selectors can drop a player, but cannot say that his career is over. We asked Sachin about his plans. He said he wanted to play. We said ok.
