The God of Cricket retires from One Day Internationals

 The God of Cricket -  Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODI's on 22nd Dec 2012.On this day many millions of heart were broken. The Mayan's had claimed that the world will end on 21st dec 2012 but in reality it ended on 22nd Dec  2012 for the Indian Cricket fans. People wrote statuses like "God retired from playing, 1 Billion Indians retired from watching" Here is a snapshot of Sachin's life and Career:

Full name	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born	24 April 1973 (age 39) Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra , India
Nickname	Tendlya, Little Master,[1] God of Cricket [2]
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace
Role	Batsman

National side	India
Test debut(cap 187)	15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test	13 December 2012 v England
ODI debut(cap 74)	18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI	18 March 2012 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	10
Only T20I (cap 11)	1 December 2006 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988	Cricket Club of India
1988–present	Mumbai
1992	Yorkshire
2008–present	Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	194	463	297	551
Runs scored	15,645	18,426	24,678	21,999
Batting average	54.32	44.83	58.48	45.54
100s/50s	51/66	49/96	79/112	60/114
Top score	248*	200*	248*	200*
Balls bowled	4,174	8,032	7,551	10,230
Wickets	45	154	70	201
Bowling average	54.64	44.32	62.15	42.17
5 wickets ininnings	0	2	0	2
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/10	5/32	3/10	5/32
Catches/stumpings	114/–	140/–	184/–	175/–

He played his first ODI against Pakistan and ironically he played his last ODI aginst them.

His knock against Pakistan in 2003 world cup will always be remembered.
BYE BYE ODIs