New Delhi: From the well-known to unknown, the twitter-world had them all as glowing tributes poured in thick and fast on Thursday with the breaking news of Sachin Tendulkar announcing his decision to retire.
A plethora of personalities from across all spheres of life including, of course, the gentleman’s game, hit the right superlatives for the “undisputed champion of cricket”, who held the nation in his thrall for the past 24 years.
“Sachin #10dulkar – Undisputed Champion of Cricket! #SachinTheGreat,” tweeted England batsman Kevin Pietersen.
The 40-year-old great announced his decision to retire from Test cricket after playing his landmark 200th match against the West Indies next month, bringing an end to the intense speculation about his future.
As expected, there was a mad rush of netizens taking to the social networking site just moments after the news was made public.
“Not being able to play alongside him or not seeing him play in d future sounds scary #SachinTendulkar,” wrote India seamer Irfan Pathan.
England captain Eoin Morgan wrote, “Sad to hear the greatest ever batsman is calling it a day. One man who inspired a nation #Sachin.”
Not left behind was former England captain Michael Vaughan.
“One of the Greatest ever @sachin_rt is retiring… One of my heroes and a absolute joy to play against,” Vaughan tweeted.
India discard Gautam Gambhir said Tendulkar’s jersey number 10 should be preserved.
“Salutes to Sachin paaji. I think India jersey number 10 should retire as well and preserved forever. Thanks Paaji,” Gambhir wrote on his twitter handle.
Olympic bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal tweeted, “I will miss the MASTER! A true legend in every sense.I thank him for encouraging players like us. RESPECT!.”
“Will definitely catch his 200th test for sure,” she added. (PTI)
