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New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar retired from worldwide cricket on Saturday after playing his 200th and last check. In his farewell talk, he thanked every person who made himHERE IS OUR PICK OF THE 10 BEST QUOTES FROM SACHIN'S SPEECH:
1. My life has been between 22 backyards for 24 years and it's hard to accept as true my wonderful excursion is coming to an end.
2. I would like to thank the most important individual in my life, who I have missed since 1999 when he passed away - my dad. Without his guidance I wouldn't be standing in front of you.
3. My mother begun pleading for me the day I begun playing cricket. I believe those prayers and blessings provided me power.
4. Anjali, you are the best partnership that I had in my life.
5. My female child is 16, my child is 14. Time has flown by. I've missed out on several anniversaries, holidays, annual days and sports days. Thanks for comprehending, both of you have been so exceptional to me. I've not expended enough time with you but I pledge you the next 16 years or even after that, everything is for you.
6. In the last 24 years that I have performed for India, I have made new associates, and before that, I have had associates from my childhood. They have all made a terrific contribution.
7. My cricket vocation started when I was 11. The turning issue of my career was when my male sibling Ajit took me to Achrekar sir and that is the best thing to have occurred to me.
8. I will be seeing cricket, and cricket will habitually stay in my heart, but Achrekar sir have had an immense contribution in my life, so thank you very much.
9. My team-mates are like my family away from dwelling. I have had some wonderful times with them. It is going to be tough to not be part of the dressing room, distributing those exceptional moments.
10. I want to thank my followers from the bottom of my heart. 'Sachin, Sachin' will reverberate in my ears till I stop breathing.
Kohli had scores of 61 [in Pune], 100 not out [in Jaipur], 68 [in Mohali], 115 not out [in Nagpur] and 0 [in Bengaluru].
This gave the 24-year-old a series aggregate of 344 runs at an average of 114.66, and a reward of 38 ratings points which helped him to jump three places to top of the ICC ranking table for ODI batsmen.
He has achieved the number-one spot for the first time in his career, just a few days before his 25th birthday.
Kohli has now become the third India batsman to hold the number-one batting rank in ODI cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni.
Tendulkar first claimed the number one position when he took over from Brian Lara in February 1996. He was last number one in March 2008.
Dhoni first reached number one when he took over from Ricky Ponting in April 2006. He was last ranked number one in July 2010.
Kohli now leads South Africa's Hashim Amla by 13 ratings points. Amla had been holding the coveted number-one position since November 2010. Kohli is not the only batsman who has gained in the latest rankings, which were released on Sunday.
Australian skipper George Bailey jumped six places to claim the number-three position for the first time in his career. Bailey scored 478 runs with a century and three half-centuries to earn 121 ratings points, which, in turn, has put him on a career-best 835 ratings points alongside a career-best ranking to-date.
India's Shikhar Dhawan has broken into the top 20 for the first time in his career after he jumped 12 places to claim 11th position in the batting chart. The left-handed opener scored 284 runs at an average of 56.8.
Dhawan's opening partner Rohit Sharma has also achieved a career-best ranking of 15th after finishing as the leading run-getter in the series, with 491 runs at an average of 122.75, including 209 in the final ODI on Saturday.
Rohit's results have earned him 102 ratings points and a leap of 25 places.
Rohit is now India's fifth batsman to feature inside the top 20, with the others being Kohli [first], MS Dhoni [sixth], Dhawan [11th] and Suresh Raina [19th].
The other big movers in the series were Australia's trio of Glenn Maxwell in 38th spot (up by 47 places), Adam Voges in 59th (up by 11 places) and James Faulkner in 61st (up by 77 places).
In the ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal has regained the number-one position, while Jadeja has slipped two places to finish in third spot.
Saeed had trailed Jadeja by 10 ratings points before the start of the series and, while the India spinner took eight wickets in the series against Australia, the Pakistan bowler has claimed six wickets in two ODIs against South Africa so far.
The biggest movers in what has been a difficult series for the bowlers are R Vinay Kumar, Faulker and Shami Ahmed.
Kumar's seven wickets in the series have given him a lift of nine places into 61st position, while Faulker and Shami took seven wickets apiece and are now in 62 and 64th spots, respectively.
In the Rankings for ODI all-rounders, Watson and Jadeja have slipped one place each. The list is headed by Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan.
The 3-2 series win for India means that it continues to sit on top of ODI Team Rankings with Australia in second position, nine ratings points behind.
Key Players India:
MS Dhoni, S Dhawan, V Kohli, RG Sharma
Key Players Australia:
Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, George Bailey(c), Adam Voges, Glenn Maxwell
"I have grown up watching him play and only wanted to bat like him. It will be a very difficult moment for me when he retires. He has been the biggest match winner for India and such a huge inspiration for all of us," said Kohli, who turned a touch emotional on the eve of India's second ODI against Australia here.
"For 24 years, we never thought that there could be an Indian cricket team without Sachin. I don't know how I would react when he would step out one last time and what will be the reaction of the whole team.
"Just like everyone in India, we are also sad that he will not play any longer," he added.
Tendulkar last week announced his decision to retire from the longest version of the game after playing his 200th Test to be held in Mumbai against the West Indies.