sachin tendulkar bats. rohit practices batting and bowling like him. he practices like him. he doesn't let anyone watch tv when sachin tendulkar's match is on. sachin tendulkar burst on to the cricket seen at 16. he mess merized fans for decades and is the first player to score 100 international centuries and the only cricketer to complete 34,000 runs in international cricketer. in india he is loved as a living legend. >> he's been part of the indian life for the past 25 years. as a direct result he's affected people at a deep level. that's the reason why his absence from what he does is going to mean so much to people. they'll feel a void. >> after struggling with his form for the past few years sachin tendulkar announced he'll play a final match in his home city of mumbai this week. so how can we try to measure sachin tendulkar's impact. when ticket went on sail 19.7 million hits forced the website to crash. the little master has 12 million likes on his facebook page, making him a popular cricketer. with

sachin tendulkar has left the pitch for the last time. a remarkable 24-year career that may never be matched by another cricketer. millions of indians are heartbroken. he was their friend, their hero, their god. al jazeera, mumbai. >> sachin tendulkar's career finishes in his 200th test. he's the leading run scorer in test cricket history and probably will be for some time to come. >>> in total, tendulkar played 664 international matches launching 100 centuries. his teammates are sad about his retirement as his cricket supporters around the world. >> there was a really emotional speech given by him. we were all really emotional. you know, which was--that shows his quality because he thanked everyone who supported him, who stood behind him all throughout his career. that really shows, you know, the great qualities of a great man. >> the more he brought to the cricket, he just cannot be replaced. legends come and legends go, but you know, cricket, the world will surely miss sachin. >> nigeria has become the first african team to qualify for

that's advice that sachin tendulkar took to heart. renowned for dedication and passion for the sport and gruelling training regime. fans inside going wild, you can imagine the number of people crying because of the emotion they feel over this man. they hope he will continue in some role in cricket. they can't imagine the sport without him. they want him to play more and hope he'll play an essential role in cricket in india and internationally. sachin tendulkar's career finishes in his 200th test with an average of 2.79. he's a leading run scorer in test cricket history and probably will be for some time to come. in total sachin tendulkar played 664 international matches with a final run tally sitting at 34,357. tend's emotional departure on the cricket is the top story on the website. the united arab emirates host 16 second tier cricket sides as they bid to qualify for the 20 -- twenty 20 world cup. we have this report. >> forget india, pakistan and australia england. this is cricket's oldest rivally - canada versus the united states.

sachin tendulkar has played his last match. he bid a tearful farewell in front of his cheering fans. we have reports from mumbai. >> he loves showing off his most prized possessions. for monday than 20 years this schoolteacher has been collecting autographs from his idol, sack sack. sachin tendulkar, he now has 150, but he won't sell any. >> i will not sell anything. what will i do with the money. >> reporter: he said he has been watching tendulkar play ever since the batsman was a 15-year-old prodigy. but he could not watch his final match played agains against the west indies. sachin tendulkar has mesmerized cricket fans for more than a quarter of a century. his shrewd batting made him the nemesis of fastballers he's the world's leading scorer in both test and one-day cricket, and the only man to score 100 international centuries. >> what a fine performance by sachin tendulkar. >> his legacy, i guess, would be that anything is possible in any form of sport is possible, and not just for perfection, but to last so long, to beha

tendulkar has amassed more than fifty thousand roma than one hundred and forty two centuries in his career interest is test he will be watched for the first sunrise of a mother is normally too nervous to watch him play just a quick moment is a highlight of all of our new viewer is from india who changes have been kept in tests this week thanks for joining us thanks to all of your collections dt will be back shortly and she got to the contents. lol welcome to the program i'm all his costs and then today we're bringing you the show from mumbai india's financial center and that we inherited time when they're all growing concerns that the indian economy is slowing down and also when there are concerns of high inflation to talk more about the basis that the dogs economy which joins him on the goodrich he is the salmon although one of the game gets old. this totals the biggest conglomerates that good for truth that thank you very much and pizza. speaking to us and thank you for hosting us here at the new head office could be written let's start with where you are in the indian economy the goodri

india's sachin tendulkar is playing his final test match. >> almost a week after typhoon haiyan hit the philippines hundreds of thousands of people are in desperate need of help. we have correspondents covering the story from the worst-affected areas in cebu. aid is clogged up at the port, unable to get to people in dire need of help. we have that story. seth is in a town of madeline where residents are waiting for food and medicine. first marga ortigas - armed men are causing fear among the population at tacloban. >> the national government said they have cleared most of the roads needed to get goods to the people the victims of typhoon haiyan. as you can see here in leyte, many of the roads are quite impassable. as far as the people here are concerned they have heard the news that is painted, but it's not quite the reality they are seeing on the ground. they are concerned about security, as there are not just survivors potentially taking things from other survivors or relief convoys, but criminal elements as escaped convicts have taken to looting. people in their homes, or what is lef

tendulkar later in sports. >> open firing in a newspaper office and major bank.h we'll going to felicity for more information in london. >> reporter: now under armed guard as the gunman is still on the loose. the gunman open fired shortly after 10:00 and then fled the offices. then soon after that fires were shot at the bank. and a driver was thought to take an armed man to the busy avenues. the police are linking all the incidents. we'll get the latest al jazeera in paris, what is happening right now, paul? >> reporter: well, the manhunt is continuing. so far today we've had two shootings, a hostage drama, and now a major manhunt on going. he might have fled into the metro system, but certainly no arrests have been made so far today. we have a young freelance assistant photographer fighting for his life from injuries sustained this morning at the newspaper at their office in the eastern side of natural paris. we'll hear from one of the editorial chiefs. >> a man entered the office around 10:15. he was armed, and as far as i can understand he fired once or twice

sachin tendulkar-post era has begun. the windies chose to bat. they have bravo on 59. sachin tendulkar retired saturday in his 200th cap. >> uruguay sealed their place after a goalless draw against jordan. uruguay held a lead but couldn't find a way through them. ment the south american champions were the last of the 32 teams to book a place in the final in brazil. >> translation: yes, the truth is i'm relieved. the last part of the qualifiers was complicated and tough. there was a decisive match. it handled the pressure with professionalism and with report for opponents. we qualified for the world cup, and for us it's a joy. >> croatian footballer denied leading fans in a pro-nazi chant after qualifying for the world cup. he said he took nothing wrong when he took to the microphone. his rally cry was said to have been used by a croatian regime that ruled the state in 2002. fifa are waiting for the official match report. >> soo palo were beaten in a semifinal. sayo paulo's goalkeeper tide a record for most appearance, his 1,115 goal would be one to remember. a third go

tendulkar is not just a cricket player, he has been the supreme sports player for 21 years.aying goodbye to him put a lump in the throat. -- their throat. in africa, the idea of using the mighty congo river to power the continent has been around since the 1960s but now there is a chance for this dream to become real. the plan to begin construction on a hydroelectric plant. julien has -- mora more. >> this is the second biggest river in the world, only the amazon has more power. these waters made generate 12% of the world's hydropower, log -- lighting up homes in the congo and far beyond. that is why the congolese government believes the river may be used to boost the confidence development. >> this has more than 300 megawatts today. in 2020 we will have a deficit of 2000 megawatts in the mining provinces, and there are differences in south africa and nigeria. people are waiting for the energy, even in egypt. >> this video shows the big plan, a huge dam surrounded by six power stations, with enough electricity for south africa and the congo, combined, but the government has g

tendulkar's first pitch came to an end in a packed mumbai stadium. earlier in the day, cameron played tribute to tendulkar as one of the world's best ever players. now, india gained independence and now has an estimate of around $1.8 billion. following his role as a main speaker at an indian business forum, brent is joining us. india is quite an intriguing country for an investor. we had big reforms in the 90s brought on because of economic paralysis. are we going back somewhere near that? >> you may be right about that. the reforms in 1991 took place because of external pressure and crisis, willingness to change. in fact, available in terms of willingness to change, it forced to bring reforms at that point in time. flash forward 20 years later, you have a cushion of foreign exchange researches of free markets, of a much more global indian economy. so is there internal pressure to change? no. plus a feeling that in the long run we'll be all right. in the long run we'll hold debt. so, you know, there are no pressures that i can see within the system.