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Mumbai/London, Sept 6: Legions of Sachin
Tendulkar's fans can heave a sigh of relief now with reports
about the champion batsman's possible ODI retirement turning out
to be mere rumours. Speculation was rife with media reports
claiming that Tendulkar, the highest run-accumulator in the
history of international cricket, might retire from the shorter
version of the game after the seventh and final match of India's
ongoing ODI series at Lord's on Saturday.
Team India captain Rahul Dravid, however,
rubbished the claims in his post-match press conference in
London yesterday, dismissing the reports as "completely false".
The reports prompted BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar
Shetty to get in touch with the player and the official said,
"I've spoken to him and he said the reports have no substance.
It's media speculation." Further clarification came from
Tendulkar's family with is wife Anjali saying that he would have
told her if that was the case.
"The rumours about Sachin's retirement are
not true. He could retire tomorrow but for that, we have to wait
for him to say that. There is no point guessing it. How can
anyone else say he is retiring from one-dayers?" she was quoted
as saying by a television channel. "If he was to retire he would
have told us first. Had Sachin had been retiring we would have
been there at Lord's to watch the match," she said. (Agencies)
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