যা বিশ্বাস করি না, তা লিখতে-বলতে চাই না, পারবোও না। কিন্তু যা বিশ্বাস করি, তা মুখ চেপে ধরলেও বলবো, কলম কেড়ে নিলেও লিখবো, মারলেও বলবো, কাটলেও বলবো, রক্তাক্ত করলেও বলবো। আমার রক্ত বরং ঝরিয়েই দাও, ওদের প্রতিটি বিন্দুর চিৎকার আরও প্রবল শূনতে পাবে। Sachin Tendulkar retires from ODIs সদ্য টেস্ট সিরিজ হার, ও প্রায় এক বছরের বেশি সময় রান খরায় ভুগছেন তিনি। শেষ পর্যন্ত নিজের রানের দুরবস্থা ও টীমের মহা বিপর্যয়ের ঝাপটায় একদিবসি ক্রিকেটে গ্রেট শচীন টেন্ডুলকারের সমাপ্তি! অনেক কথা হল, অনেক সমালোচনার পরে তার এই যাওয়াটাও খারাপ লাগছে! তবে আমি মনে করি এখন তার সময় হয়েছে, সব ধরনের ক্রিকেট থেকেই নিজেকে গুটিয়ে নেবার...... বয়সের ভারে তার ফর্ম যথেষ্ট খারাপ এখন। চাইনা টেস্টেও তাকে নিয়ে আরও সমালোচনা হবার পর সে অবসর নিক। অনেক দিয়েছ মহান ক্রিকেট দেবতা, এবার বিস্রাম নাও... খেলে রেকর্ড বাড়ানোর থেকে না খেলে যদি টীমের ভাল হয়, কেন নয়? I QUITE !! Sachin Tendulkar has retired from ODI cricket. Tendulkar finishes an illustrious career in the 50-over format, having played 463 ODIs, scored 18,426 runs and made 49 centuries, each of them a world record. His last ODI was against Pakistan in Dhaka during the Asia Cup, where he made a half-century in India's victory. "I have decided to retire from the One Day format of the game," he said in a statement. "I feel blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup winning Indian team. The preparatory process to defend the World Cup in 2015 should begin early and in right earnest. I would like to wish the team all the very best for the future. I am eternally grateful to all my well wishers for their unconditional support and love over the years." Tendulkar made his ODI debut on his first international tour, in 1989, against Pakistan in Gujranwala, where he got a duck. He scored his first half-century in his ninth ODI and made an immediate impact when promoted to open the batting in 1994, in an ODI against New Zealand in Auckland, where he smashed 82 in 49 balls. His first century took 79 ODIs to arrive but he kept piling them on with remarkable consistency. Some of the batting highlights in his ODI career include back-to-back hundreds against Australia in 1998 in a triangular tournament in Sharjah, finishing as the highest run-getter in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, and becoming the first batsman to score a double-century in the ODI format, against South Africa in February 2010. He was part of one of India's greatest ODI achievements over the last three decades, when they won the World Cup in 2011, beating Sri Lanka in the final on his home ground in Mumbai. In preparation for that World Cup, Tendulkar had curtailed the amount of ODI cricket in the year playing only four ODIs in the 12 months before the World Cup. Since the end of the World Cup, Tendulkar has played 10 ODIs, seven in the CB Series against Australia and the last three of his career being played at the Asia Cup in Dhaka. His innings of 114 against Bangladesh on March 16 was his 100th international hundred in what turned out to be Tendulkar's penultimate ODI match for India. His last ODI appearance in India happened to be in his hometown Mumbai for the 2011 ICC World Cup final. Tendulkar's announcement of his ODI retirement came through a statement from the BCCI which stated that he had spoken to BCCI president N Srinivasan. His retirement was announced on the day the Indian selectors announced the teams to play in the five-match T20 and ODI series against Pakistan.