Sachin Tendulkar retirement: Bollywood, TV celebrities share sentiments on Twitter
After India won the second Test against West Indies, Sachin Tendulkar thanked his fans for supporting him for 24 years © IANS (File Photo)
Mumbai: Nov 16, 2013
An emotional Sachin Tendulkar bid adieu to international cricket on Saturday. With it, a glorious and unmatched career of 24 years came to end, leaving the legend as well as his scores of fans in tears. Bollywood and TV personalities were no exception.
After India won the second Test against West Indies, Tendulkar thanked his fans for supporting him for 24 years. He remembered his late father Ramesh Tendulkar and thanked his mother Rajni Tendulkar, his wife Anjali and kids Sara and Arjun.
The Test was Sachin’s 200th and was played on his home ground Wankhede Stadium.
Some celebrities took to Twitter to share their sentiments:
An end of an era.. Thank u Sachin sir…
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) November 16, 2013
Bye Sachin. Thank you for all the memories, the joy, and the honour of watching you play the great game. Be well and have a great life sir.
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) November 16, 2013
Tusi jaa rahe ho… Tusi naaa jao
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) November 16, 2013
what a speech :'( rula diya @sachin_rt
— kunal kohli (@kunalkohli) November 16, 2013
It killed me to see Sachin cry while walking off one last time…… How come he affects our psyche so intensely ?? SRT .. Forever……
— rohit roy (@rohitroy500) November 16, 2013
Just got into MUMBAI for a few days. Sachin retiring is a huge dampener. #sachinforever amazing how the ‘little’ blaster made a
BIG Bang!— Raj Kundra (@TheRajKundra) November 16, 2013
Tears rolling down. A legendary chapter in Indian cricket history ends.To the most loved and respected hero of India-Sachin Tendulkar.
— Shonali Nagrani (@Iamshonali) November 16, 2013