India, March 17 -- Sachin Tendulkar's India Masters won the inaugural International Masters League title on Sunday by beating the West Indies Masters led by Brian Lara. India were on top right from the beginning of the match, with spinner Shahbaz Nadeem in particular breaking the back of the West Indies innings by conceding just 12 runs in four overs.

While it was retired players who played in the tournament, some of whom hadn't played any kind of cricket for many a year, the matches were played with passion, Yuvraj Singh's verbal bust up with Tino Best in the final being an example. There was also substantial prize money to be won for various awards apart from the big ones for the title-winners themselves and the player of the series. ...