India’s great batsman Sachin Tendulkar played his last ODI match on 18 March 2012. Sachin played his last ODI against Pakistan and scored a half-century. This match is also special for Virat Kohli.
The date of March 18 is very important in the cricket history of India. On this day where Virat Kohli played a historic innings, on the other hand Sachin Tendulkar’s fans were heartbroken and Pakistani cricket fans were in tears. All this happened in a single match which was played 11 years ago on this day (March 18). ICC Twitter
In the year 2012, India faced Pakistan in the Asia Cup. This match was played in Mirpur, Bangladesh. Pakistan’s team did amazing batting in this match and made a score of 330. It seemed that India would lose this match but it did not happen. Sachin Tendulkar was sent off with a win in his last ODI.(ICC Twitter)
The captaincy of the Pakistan team was then in the hands of Misbah-ul-Haq, who won the toss and decided to bat first. Coming to the opening, Mohammad Hafeez scored 105 and Nasir Jamshed scored 112 runs. Apart from this, Yunus Khan also played a half-century innings. Due to this, Pakistan scored 329 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs. ICC Twitter
In response, India also did amazing batting. In this match, Virat Kohli played a brilliant inning of 183 runs in 148 balls. This is still his highest score in ODIs. Apart from Kohli, Rohit Sharma scored 68 and Sachin Tendulkar himself scored 52 runs in this match. Virat Kohli shared a 172-run partnership with Rohit Sharma for the third wicket. India won the match by four wickets and forced Pakistani fans to cry. ICC Twitter
With this match, Sachin Tendulkar had said goodbye to his ODI career. Indian fans were heartbroken because after this Sachin was never seen in blue jersey. Sachin scored 18426 runs in 463 matches which included 49 centuries. Apart from this, he also scored 96 half-centuries. ICC Twitter
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