Tendulkar awaits crowing glory moment..
Sachin Tendulkar on Friday described his farewell tour of England as a "memorable summer" but said a win in the seventh and final one-day international at Lord''s would be its crowning glory moment.
As he looked back on his final journey in ''Old Blighty'', Tendulkar said India''s triumph in the Test series was something "very special" that has seen the team show case "great fighting spirit and collective effort".
Tendulkar has played some vintage cricket in the one-day series. So far on this tour, he has smashed 548 runs from his ten innings, with four 90s, at a strike rate of 84.3.
Can india do it again? As Tendulkar walks out on the sacred turf at Lord''s on Saturday, he will again be carrying the hopes of an entire nation on his strong shoulders looking to slice a piece of history at the famous venue for himself as much for his team.
"It has been a great summer of cricket for the entire team. The victory in the Test series < that broke a 21-year-old drought of a series triumph ) was very special," Tendulkar said.
"This is my fourth tour of England and we waited for a long time to beat England in England. It was highly commendable and special and I was extremely happy to be a part of it," said the star batsman.
Tendulkar made an early exit in his final Test innings, at The Oval, but he described his experience of playing in England as a "good challenge".
"Playing in England is part of your cricketing education just as it is when playing Australia or South Africa. Every country is different and you face different challenges and learn to deal with different wickets and different bowlers," Tendulkar said.
His new found jinx of getting out in the 90''s may have prevented Tendulkar from adding to his tally of 78 international hundreds. But some of it was his own doing while on other occasion it was the dreaded finger of the umpire.
"It happens," was his way of looking at it.