Mumbai 2013: Sa-chin! Sa-chin! One final time as destiny's man child leaves cricket's embrace

Press Box 2020

The city that never sleeps, that never stops, was brought to a grinding halt for a brief moment. The year was 2013, and the cricket world turned its collective gaze on one of the world’s great cities, to one of cricket’s spiritual homes, to say goodbye to one of its favourite sons.

Sachin Tendulkar played his last Test at the Wankhede Stadium, against the West Indies, and although the match was a contest was nothing to write home about, the manner of the moving on of a man child destined for cricket glory moved grown men to tears.

Bharat Sundaresan, who called Mumbai home till very recently, watched the action as it unfolded, having come up with some fascinating Tendulkar stories in the lead up to the retirement.

Anand Vasu, who has covered so much of Tendulkar, starting from 1999, was also at hand for the final curtain.

For these two, it was work, one the one hand, but also a moment for ages, on the other. No wonder then that this episode of the Press Box 2020 Podcast, is one of the most lively yet.

And you even get that Sa-chin! Sa-chin!!! chant as an added bonus.

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