Photos: Not a dry eye as Sachin bids farewell to cricket

It was all emotion at the Wankhede stadium as Sachin Tendulkar walked off the field for the last time in India whites. The usually composed Tendulkar couldn’t hold back the tears as a capacity crowd chanted ‘Sachin Sachin’ over and over again. Later he made a speech that didn’t leave a dry eye in the ground. Here are some images capturing this moment in sporting history.

[caption id=“attachment_1233529” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The usually composed Tendulkar couldn’t hold back the tears as he walked off the field one last time: BCCI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1233537” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The last hurrah: An emotional Sachin leads the team off the field: BCCI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1233527” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Sachin! Sachin! Tendulkar acknowledges the crowds at Wankhede as the team give him a ‘mobile’ guard of honour: BCCI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1233531” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] After the ovation and two laps of victory around Wankhede, Tendulkar walked alone to the middle of the ground, touched the pitch and paid obeisance: BCCI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1233549” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ‘Please quiet down. I am getting more emotional", Sachin appeals to the crowd before making his speech: BCCI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1233533” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The emotions flowed freely as Sachin made his farewell speech: BCCI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1233539” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Tendulkar autographs the camera lens at the end of the presentation ceremony: BCCI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1233541” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ‘I missed out on the first 14 and 16 years of your life. But the next 16 years and even beyond, are all for you", said Tendulkar to his children Sara and Arjun: BCCI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1233543” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Tendulkar walks around Wankhede, first with his family and then borne aloft by Indian captain MS Dhoni and vice captain Virat Kohli: BCCI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1233547” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay take over the ‘Sachin lifting’ duty for a while: BCCI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1233553” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] There was hardly a dry eye in Wankhede after Sachin’s speech: BCCI[/caption]