India celebrates the career of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar
Cricket-crazy country watches the 'Little Master' bring the curtain down on a glittering 24-year career
Indian school children display posters of Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar as they gather to honor him in Chennai, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Tendulkar plays his world-record 200th and last test Thursday.Arun Sankar K/The Associated Press
A staff member stands on top of a parked school buses after taping posters of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as students gather to honour him in Chennai, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013.Arun Sankar K/The Associated Press
A fan of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar writes a message on a banner at an event to honour him in Jammu, India, Thursday, Nov.14, 2013.Channi Anand/The Associated Press
Indian school children wave Indian flags and display placards of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as they gather to honour him in Jammu, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013.Channi Anand/The Associated Press
An Indian woman holds a placard of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as she arrives to watch Tendulkar's last test match in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013.Rafiq Maqbool/The Associated Press
Supporters wearing T-shirts with pictures of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar stand in a queue to watch his last test match in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013.Rafiq Maqbool/The Associated Press
Cricket fans shout slogans as they queue before a match outside a stadium in Mumbai November 14, 2013. Cricket-crazy India will have a lump in the throat as its favourite son, Sachin Tendulkar, walks out for one last time this week to play the game he has dominated for nearly a quarter of a century.DANISH SIDDIQUI/Reuters
Cricket fans holding an Indian national flag shout slogans in front of a billboard of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar outside a stadium in Mumbai November 14, 2013.DANISH SIDDIQUI/Reuters
A cricket fan holds a medal with a portrait of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar while posing for photographers outside a stadium in Mumbai November 14, 2013.DANISH SIDDIQUI/Reuters
Cricket fans pose with posters of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as they queue before a match outside a stadium in Mumbai November 14, 2013.DANISH SIDDIQUI/Reuters
A supporter holds a placard with a photograph of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, as he stands in a queue to watch Tendulkar's last test match in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013.Rafiq Maqbool/The Associated Press
A fan of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar writes a message on Tendulkar's poster displayed during an event organized by a non-governmental organization for the blind in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013.Aijaz Rahi/The Associated Press
People walk past a sand sculpture of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik on a beach in Puri, located in the eastern Indian state of Odisha November 13, 2013.STRINGER/INDIA/Reuters
Indian students stand near giant banners showing Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar, right, and the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru put up on a wall of their school in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013.Siddharaj Solanki/The Associated Press