The Mumbai Cricket Association is paying a grand tribute to the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, unveiling a life-sized statue in his honour on the Mumbai Maestro’s former house floor – Wankhede Stadium – as a particular reward to the Indian batter on his fiftieth birthday which was earlier this yr in April. The statue is about to be unveiled on Wednesday, forward of Team India’s seventh match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match on the identical venue towards Sri Lanka on Thursday.
The masterfully crafted statue, which portrays Tendulkar within the midst of a cricketing stroke, is strategically positioned beside the Sachin Tendulkar stand. Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the maestro Tendulkar himself, BCCI’s Jay Shah and Ashish Shelar, together with prime brass from the Mumbai Cricket Association together with President Amol Kale and Secretary Ajinkya Naik, are all set to grace the inauguration occasion.
#WATCH | Maharashtra | Final touches being given to the statue of Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar at Wankhede Stadium. The statue has been put in by MCA (Maharashtra Cricket Association) close to Sachin Tendulkar Stand on the stadium. The statue is devoted to the 50 years of his_ pic.twitter.com/w1BmTJNsuJ
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Crafted by famend painter-sculptor Pramod Kamble of Ahmednagar, the statue commemorates Tendulkar’s final worldwide look at his beloved Wankhede Stadium, which was towards the West Indies in a Test sequence in November 2013, virtually a decade in the past.
Tendulkar performed in 11 ODIs on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and scored 455 runs at a median of 41.36 with 1 century to his identify. Overall, Tendulkar scored 18,426 runs from 463 matches at a median of 44.83 with 49 centuries on this format.
He additionally performed in 11 Tests on the identical venue, scoring 921 runs at a median of 48.47 with one century and eight fifties and top-score of 148. Overall, Tendulkar ended his Test profession with 15,921 runs from 200 Tests at a median of 53.79 with 51 centuries.
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