CRICKET ALL STARS

Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne with cricket legends at the press conference of All Stars.

Sachin Tendulkar and Shoaib Akhtar shares a lighter moment during the team draws of All Stars Cricket series in New York.

Sachin Tendulkar center, poses for photographers with his team, Sachin's Blasters, ahead of the Cricket All Stars.

Sachin Tendulkar, center left, and Shane Warne, center right, pose for photographers with their teams Sahchin's Blasters, left, and Warne's Warriors.

Sachin Tendulkar, fourth from left, poses with his team Master Blaster in New York City during the Live Draw press conference.

Sachin Tendulkar, left, and Shane Warne in New York City during the Live Draw press conference on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 for the "Cricket All-Stars” featuring renowned cricketers who will play in MLB stadiums in NYC, Houston and Los Angeles. The first match will be played at Citi Field on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015.

Sachin Tendulkar, left, and Shane Warne in New York City during the Live Draw press conference on Thursday, Nov. 5 for the "Cricket All-Stars” featuring renowned cricketers who will play in MLB stadiums in NYC, Houston and Los Angeles. The first match will be played at Citi Field on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Sachin Tendulkar, right, is joined by Shane Warne during a news conference ahead of the Cricket All Stars three-game series to be played in Major League Baseball stadiums in New York, Houston and Los Angeles.

SACHIN REMINISCES MEMORIES WITH WARNE ON THE FIELD.

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SACHIN TENDULKAR - SHANE WARNE 'ALL-STAR' T20 SERIES TO BE PLAYED IN NOVEMBER

The Shane Warne - Sachin Tendular T20 league is all set to get underway in the United States soon after the Major League Baseball season dwindles to a completion in early November. More than two dozen of the world's most famous cricket players will play matches at three big-league baseball stadiums at Citi Field on November 7, Minute Maid Park in Houston on November 11, and Los Angeles's Dodger Stadium on November 14, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.

"We want to leave an impression behind. That's what we are here for -- to entertain people, to leave great memories behind and get them excited about some quality cricket," Tendulkar was quoted as saying by the daily.

Besids Warne and Tendulkar, several former international stars including Pakistan's Wasim Akram, West Indies' Brian Lara, South Africa's Jacques Kallis, England's Michael Vaughan and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene are set to feature in the three-match event.

Brian Bedol, a sports television executive and investor in the event, called the "Cricket All-Star Series," likened it to Pele's arrival in the US in the 1970s, or "if you had LeBron (James) and Michael Jordan doing a tour of Europe for the first time.

"They're past their prime but for the old timers it'll be fun to watch them," Kumar Balakrishnan, an officer in the Staten Island Cricket Club was quoted as saying. "You're not sitting there for a day or two. It's going to be a fast-paced event with a lot of runs," said Ben Sturner its CEO.

Three baseball stadiums are being converted into a cricket stadium for the purpose. With the help of a pitch specialist from New Zealand, the elements of the pitch are being crafted in Indianapolis and will be trucked to the stadiums, the report said.

Warne said all these games would be highly competitive and added that seeing some of the greats of the game back on the pitch would be a truly 'epic' moment. "To make history in America playing these cricket games--myself and Sachin walking out and tossing the coin in New York at Citi Field will be a pretty epic moment," he said.

SACHIN TENDULKAR REMEMBERS JAGMOHAN DALMIYA AS THE PLAYERS' ADMINISTRATOR

Jagmohan Dalmiya was and will always be remembered as the man who cared for the game and its biggest stakeholders - the players and the fans.

It was during Dalmiya's heydays in the BCCI that arguably India's greatest cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar, burst onto the scene; and with what Sachin had to say after Dalmiya's sad demise clearly suggest how closely connected he was to the players.

"Mr. Dalmiya was truly special to me. All along, he was very helpful, not just to me but for all the cricketers. Whenever there was an issue with the players, he would take special interest to ensure the players' point of view was factored in in the discussions. He cared about cricket and cricketers. Deep within, he was a players' administrator," Tendulkar told Mumbai Mirror.

"He was also aware that the players looked up to him to protect their interest and he would never let them down. It was a kind of give-and-take relationship between him and the players. He earned the respect of the players during those discussion. You respect the person who cares for you," the batting legend added.

The cricket icon went on to remember the last he had a word with Dalmiya.

"Our last discussion was in Kolkata when the Cricket Advisory Committee meeting was held [in June]. It was evident from the discussions that he wanted to find out the latest about the game and implement it. He wanted to make sure that the board did not miss out on anything," said the former India captain.

Tendulkar also fondly remembered how Dalmiya went all out to make his last Test in Kolkata a special occasion.

"My fondest memories with Mr Dalmiya were, again, from Kolkata. It was during my penultimate Test and he went out of the way to make it a special occasion. He called me before I flew in there and from the time I landed in Kolkata, things were happening non-stop.