Ten years after he retired from cricket, a life-size statue of Sachin Tendulkar might be put in inside Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede Stadium, the place he performed his final match for India.
Cricket officers anticipate the statue to be unveiled on April 23, Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthday, or through the 50-over World Cup later this 12 months.
Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Amol Kale informed The Indian Express, “This will be the first statue at the Wankhede Stadium, we will decide where it will be placed.”
“He (Tendulkar) is a Bharat Ratna and everybody is aware of what he has finished for cricket. This might be a small token of appreciation from MCA as he turns 50. I spoke to him three weeks in the past and received his consent.
There is a stand at Wankhede named after Tendulkar. A season in the past, the MCA determined to honor former India captain Sunil Gavaskar with a company field and veteran batsman Dilip Vengsarkar with a stand.
There are only a few life dimension statues of cricketers inside stadiums within the nation. There are three totally different such statues of former India legend CK Nayudu at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, VDCA Stadium in Andhra and Holkar Stadium in Indore.
At the identical time, a number of gamers have wax statues named after them on stands of their respective state associations. Many former cricket legends have additionally received a spot in Madame Tussauds of London.
One of essentially the most well-known statues of cricketers on the Melbourne Cricket Ground is that of the late Shane Warne. Warne stated on the time of its unveiling in 2011, “It’s a huge honour, it’s a bit strange, but I’m very proud.” It’s so life like after I used to play!
Tendulkar performed 200 Test matches, 463 ODIs and one T20 match for India. He holds the document for many centuries (100) and runs (34,357) in worldwide cricket.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
