He taught us humility: MS

It's not only the nuances of the game but also the quality to treat success and failure equally which the young India cricketers learnt from Sachin Tendulkar, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Monday.
Tendulkar quit one-day cricket on Sunday but will continue to play Test matches.
"As youngsters we got to see how Sachin prepared himself for each and every game and at the same time he showed us how to be humble in life and digest success and defeat, which is one of the most difficult things to do. All the way he guided each one of us," Dhoni told reporters in Bangalore.
Dhoni said it is disappointing that people won't see the 50th century in the coloured clothing and 100 half-centuries as Tendulkar finished with 49 tons and 96 fifties.
"That's something we'll definitely miss. But I think he has been an inspiration, encouraging thousands and millions of people to take up the sport and made us learn a lot of things about cricket," he said.
Dhoni said he learnt a lot about the game when he batted with him in the ODI format.
"He told us which bowlers we can target and what should be the target in next four to five overs and things like that. This helped me learn a lot from him. Sachin's contribution is immense and definitely India will miss him," Dhoni said.
Replying to a question, Dhoni said Tendulkar is irreplaceable because of his unmatched batting skills and immense experience.
AFP adds from Karachi, famed Pakistan pace duo Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis Monday paid rich tribute to the Indian batting maestro, labelling him "the greatest batsman of this era".
Tendulkar, 39, announced his retirement from one-day internationals on Sunday after scoring 18,426 runs in 463 matches with 49 centuries -- all three world records for most runs, matches and hundreds.
"I don't say that a batsman like him will not come but he was the greatest batsman of this era and to maintain the zeal and fitness for 23 years was a big achievement for him," said Waqar, who retired in 2004.
"I also feel proud that I played against him and found him a great player and a nice gentleman."
Wasim said Tendulkar's records spoke volumes about his achievements.
"It will be tough to match them in the years to come," Wasim told AFP. "He was a special talent and a very special cricketer."
Tendulkar made his Test debut against India's arch-rivals Pakistan in Karachi in 1989 and Wasim recalled mocking the young batsman with his bowling partner.
"Sachin was really 16 at the time when he came to Pakistan in 1989 and Waqar and I thought, 'What will this 16-year-old do against us?'" he said.
"I hit him on the mouth but he showed a lot of gumption and courage to score a fifty in the fourth Test in Sialkot and after that innings we realised that he is a special talent."
As the leading batsman for cricket-mad India, Tendulkar carried the weight of a nation's expectations on his shoulders, but Wasim said he handled the burden well.
"Sachin always played under a lot of pressure from the billions of Indian fans and the kind of consistency he showed proved that he handled those pressures and huge expectations admirably well," said Wasim.