4 Cricketers who got a fairytale farewell

#1 Sachin Tendulkar vs West Indies, Mumbai, 2013

An emotional moment as Tendulkar kisses the pitch after his farewell match

November 14, 2013- the day when India's favorite son, the legendary Sachin Tendulkar bid adieu to International cricket after 24 years of dominating this beautiful game.

The whole of Mumbai, in-fact the whole of India had come to a standstill in anticipation of one last hurray from their hero.

Tendulkar, in his final innings, playing in front of his mom for the first time in his career rolled back the years with some exquisite on-drives and back punches before eventually holing out to Deonarine for 74.

With the Windies losing eight wickets in the second-innings in yet another insipid display of batting, MS Dhoni brought Tendulkar into the attack for a possible fairytale ending

India eventually rolled over the Windies by an innings & 126 runs after two wicketless overs from Tendulkar with Shami flattening the middle-stump of Shannon Gabriel. A visibly emotional Tendulkar kissed the pitch for one last time and walked off the field to a fluid guard of honor from his teammates soaking in the loud cheers from a raucous Wankhede crowd.

Tendulkar brought an end to his 24-year-old career with an emotional speech talking at length about his journey and the people involved at various stages of his career and walked away with raucous roars of 'Sachin Sachin' for one last time.

Sachin's retirement speech