Sachin Tendulkar: And, the perfect send off

In what was a fitting send off gift to the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, India beat West Indies by an innings and 126 runs in the master-blaster’s emotionally-charged farewell Test at the Wankhede stadium here in Mumbai on Saturday.
The Test lasted an hour less than two and a half days a hapless West Indies were blown away like a pack of cards for a 2-0 whitewash in one of the most lopsided contests in recent history.
The visitors started the day 43 for three, and were all out for 187 in their second innings as Man of the Match Pragyan Ojha completed a match-haul of 10 wickets taking his second five-for.
Only seven sessions of play was possible in a Test match in which one of the most respected and celebrated cricketers in the history bid goodbye to the game in front of his home crowd and his family. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni played his part in the emotion by introducing Tendulkar to roll his arms in the day to the deafening cheers from a full-house.
Moment after the final West Indies wicket fell, the Indian cricketers converged around the ‘Man of the Moment’ and handed him a souvenir stump as they came one by one to hug him.
After that a relay ‘Guard of Honour’ was given by Dhoniand his men as Tendulkar walked out of the pitch one final time trying hard to conceal his emotions under the floppy sun hat. But one could see him wipe a tear off as the West Indies players came down to congratulate the legend on a wonderful career.
It was yet another dismal batting performance from the Windies as the likes of Chris Gayle, Kieron Powell, Dwayne Bravo, Marlon Samuels and Shivnarine Chanderpaul failed to live upto their expectations for the second time in the match as Ravichandran Ashwin took 4 for 89 while Mohammad Shami took the last scalp.
Brief Scores
West Indies: 182 and 187 all out in 47 overs (Dinesh Ramdin 53 not out; Pragyan Ojha 5/49, R Ashwin 4/89) lost to India: 1st innings: 495 all out in 108 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 113, Rohit Sharma not out 111, Sachin Tendulkar 74; Shane Shillingford 5/179) by an innings an 126 runs. 
Score: The Pioneer, November 17, 2013

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