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Sachin Tendulkar is seriously contemplating retiring from one-day cricket after India's home engagements against Pakistan and Australia later this season, it is reliably learnt.

Tendulkar, one-day cricket's most prolific and dominant batsman, will, however, continue playing Tests and will travel to Australia in December.

Sources close to Tendulkar said he was inclined to announce his retirement on this tour but was persuaded by friends to do so at home. India are scheduled to play seven ODIs against Australia and five against Pakistan before the end of the year.

Tendulkar had, along with Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, opted out of the forthcoming World Twenty20 in South Africa.

Earlier this week, he told The Times of the toll one-day cricket was taking on his body. "I enjoy every moment I have on a cricket field, but the recovery times between games these days are difficult, especially for one-day internationals, and that's my major obstacle," he said. "It does take its toll on the body. When you are 22 or 23, you recover a lot more quickly. But at 34, it's not so easy." [/quote:b01d6]

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It would mark an end of an era in Indian cricket if he does decide to retire from ODIs. But, honestly, I hope he doesn't, because he's playing extremely well at the moment and I, selfishly, would like to see him hit a few more centuries to pad up that record, so that a certain Australian batsman doesn't eclipse it. It's a decision that he's going to have to make looking at how his body can handle the rigours of ODI cricket and whether he still enjoys beings out there.
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Sachin considering retirement from ODIs

I don't think so. He'll be playing till WC 2011 if he keeps fit, that's what he said in an interview.
 
Sachin considering retirement from ODIs

I don't think there is much in it - he will continue to the next World Cup I think.
 
Sachin considering retirement from ODIs

I agree. It seems that this was nothing more than the media speculating on his future. Good to see things haven't changed around those parts.
 
Sachin considering retirement from ODIs

I remember someone saying that Shane Warne as going to play in the 2009 Ashes <s><img><s> <s><img><s>
 
Sachin considering retirement from ODIs

That's good news, of course. He's been in amazing form of late and it's always a pleasure watching him play.
 
Sachin considering retirement from ODIs

I was P.O'd for like 2 days when I read that.
I was like "the world is coming to an end!"
and when it was cleared..it was like a mountain off my shoulders :p
 
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