India, Aug. 11 -- Ajinkya Rahane, who brought the curtain on a glorious decade-long career in international cricket on July 30, has finally revealed Sachin Tendulkar's reaction to his retirement call. The 38-year-old stated that the Master Blaster reached out to him via a phone call shortly after he bid adieu to international cricket, telling him that he expected Rahane to carry on a bit longer. However, Rahane told the legendary batter that he didn't want to drag on.

Rahane also stated that he received messages from the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah. Rahane's career spanned 85 Tests, 90 ODIs and 20 T20Is. He will always be known as a batter who gave it his all when the odds were stacked against the team and will ...