Can Sachin become the 4th batsman to hit a ton in his last test?

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar, the little master will be playing his last test against West Indies this week. Ever since his announcement of his retirement from International cricket, many former cricketers have questioned the timing and have said he should have retired a year earlier.Sachin has not been in his best form off late and has average 36 in the last three years from 27 Tests. Though people are expecting a big inning from him when India take on West Indies in the second test at Wankhede, in Mumbai from November 14 but many also feel that looking at his reflexes, its most unlikely that Sachin would retire with a Ton.But there are batsmen who bowed in style by scoring a hundred in their last last test appearance. Greg played his last test against Pakistan in 1983-84 and scored 182. Just before retirement he became the first Australian to score 7000 runs in tets, surpassing Bradman's aggregate of 6,996 runs.Similarly Vijay Manjrekar, who was a conspicuously good player of fast bowling in an era when India had few of them. He scored unbeaten 102 against New Zealand in 1965 at Chapauk in his last test. His twoe best Test series were against New Zealand in India in 1955-56 (386 runs, average 77.20) and against England in India in 1961-62 (586 runs, average 83.71). He made seven Test centuries, the highest his 189 against England at Delhi in 1961-62 and the last of them in his final Test innings, against New Zealand at Madras in February 1965.Vijay Merchant's Test career spanned 18 years but during that time he played only ten Test matches, and was unfortunate that some of the best years of his career were lost to the Second World War, when no international cricket was played. He also missed tours to Australia and the West Indies due to poor health. However, Merchant went out to score 154 in his last Test match against England in Delhi, which was also his highest Test score. A shoulder injury incurred while fielding in that game forced him to retire. All ten matches of Merchant's Test career were against England.