India, March 17 -- Sachin Tendulkar made a fairytale return to professional cricket, leading India Masters to a win against West Indies Masters in the final to clinch the inaugural edition of the International Masters League. Tendulkar took his fans back in time throughout the tournament, producing knocks of 34, 64, 42 and 25 as India Masters produced a stunning show of consistency, losing only one match - to Australia Masters - en route to the title win. Tendulkar, 50, finished nine on the list of highest run-getters in the season, scoring 181 runs and taking his legion of fans down memory lane, playing some of his vintage and trademark shots.

The straight drives, the pull shots, and the most memorable of them all - the upper cut - were...