Sachin Tendulkar will play his farewell 200th Test at the Wankhede Stadium. The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday said that the second match of the two-Test series against West Indies in November will be played at the cricketer’s home ground. The match is scheduled from November 14 to 18.
While there were several venues
vying for the privilege to host Tendulkar in his final appearance for Team
India, Wankhede was always seen as a frontrunner due to sentimental reasons.
Tendulkar has played 18 Tests at this venue and also wanted to finish his
career here. “Tendulkar has requested the BCCI to hold his farewell Test at
Wankhede Stadium,” Mumbai Cricket Association president Ravi Savant had said on
Monday.
Tendulkar has also expressed his
strong desire to have his mother watch him play in his final Test
match. In spite of a 24-year-long career, his mother has never seen her son
play an international game in a stadium – another privilege for Wankhede now
that she is expected to be present.
The Eden Gardens in Kolkata will
host the opening clash of the series (November 6-10) and like Wankhede, gets an
‘out-of-turn’ Test as according to the BCCI’s rotational policy, it was
actually Bangalore and Ahmedabad’s turn to host.
The itinerary of the series between
India and the West Indies is as follows:
October 28: The West Indies cricket
team arrives in India
October 31 – November 2: Three-day
game – West Indies v UPCA at Cuttack
November 6-10: First Test in Kolkata
November 14-18: Second Test in
Mumbai
November 21: First ODI in Kochi
November 23: Second ODI in
Vishakhapatnam
November 27: Third ODI in
Baroda/Kanpur
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