In pictures: India craze over Tendulkar farewell
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The final Test in the career of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is under way in his home city of Mumbai. The game caps a month-long outpouring of emotion from a cricket-mad nation of 1.2 billion people which started when he confirmed that the series against West Indies would be his last.
A Tendulkar fan writes a message on a poster of the cricketer in Bangalore. Tendulkar has scored an unprecedented 100 international hundreds in his 24-year career and helped India win the World Cup in 2011.
A blind fan of Tendulkar holds a banner with messages for the cricket star in southern Bangalore city.
The buzz around Tendulkar's final game, according to India's captain MS Dhoni, "has never happened in the past, let alone the eight-10 years that I've been around".
Fans cut a cake for Tendulkar in southern Hyderabad city.
A kite maker from the northern city of Amritsar holds up a tribute to Tendulkar with the message, 'Never say farewell'.
A sand sculpture of Tendulkar on a beach in the eastern city of Puri.
Students stand near giant banners showing Tendulkar and India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the western city of Ahmedabad. The 40-year-old record run-scorer in Tests and one-day internationals will quit all cricket after India's second Test - his 200th - against West Indies.