Cricket-Tendulkar destiny never in doubt


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 11 Oct 2013

LONDON (Reuters) - From the moment he took guard as a 16-year-old against Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis on a green-tinged pitch in Karachi in 1989, Sachin Tendulkar's destiny looked assured.

The diminutive Indian, who announced on Thursday he will retire at the age of 40 after playing a record 200th test against West Indies at home next month, scored only 15.

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