In pictures: India craze over Tendulkar farewell

Students wear masks of Sachin Tendulkar in Nagpur, India, 13 November 2013

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 fan of Sachin Tendulkar writes a message on a poster displayed in Bangalore on 13 November 2013

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 member of a non-governmental organisation for the blind holds banners with messages for Sachin Tendulkar in Bangalore on 13 November 2013

A blind fan of Tendulkar holds a banner with messages for the cricket star in southern Bangalore city.

Tendulkar fans hold a poster of the cricketer in Hyderabad on 13 November 2013

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".

Indian cricket fans of Sachin Tendulkar hold placards and gather to cut a cake in his honour in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013

Fans cut a cake for Tendulkar in southern Hyderabad city.

Jagmohan Kanojia holds up a kite with a portrait of Sachin Tendulkar and a message that reads: "Never say farewell” in Amritsar, 13 November 2013

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, 13 November 2013

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, 13 November 2013

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.