On This Day, Wankhede Rose One Final Time For Sachin Tendulkar

#ThrowbackThursday: Sachin gave a farewell speech after playing his 200th Test for India.

“My life between 22 yards for 24 years is coming to an end” was all Sachin Tendulkar had to say to make a cricket-crazy nation teary eyed. On 16 November 2013, a day and 24 years after he walked out to make his debut for India, ‘the god of Indian cricket’ made his farewell speech at his homeground Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Here’s how Sachin summed up his outstanding (for the lack of a better word) career:

(This article was first published on 16 November 2016 and is being reposted from The Quint’s archives to mark the day Sachin Tendulkar bid goodbye to all forms of cricket)