Tendulkar's 200th Test set to be in Mumbai

[StriKe]

Sachin Tendulkar is set to bid farewell to international cricket at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, his home ground. The news comes a day after Tendulkar announced he will retire after his 200th Test, which is set to be the second of the Tests against West Indies next month, to be played from November 14. Mumbai Cricket Association caretaker president Ravi Savant said Tendulkar "has requested the BCCI that his final Test be played at Wankhede". A senior BCCI functionary confirmed that it was all but decided that the BCCI will "respect" Tendulkar's wish. "Once he has expressed his wish, it will most likely be fulfilled. There is no doubt that considering Tendulkar's contribution to Indian cricket, he deserves a grand celebration," the official told ESPNcricinfo, citing anonymity since the decision cannot be sealed before the tour, fixtures and programme committee's meeting on Tuesday. It is understood that even before Tendulkar announced his retirement plans, Kolkata's Eden Gardens had been promised it would get to host Tendulkar's 200th Test. The deal is said to be a bargain for Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) chief Jagmohan Dalmiya pulling out of the race to be the IPL chairman at the BCCI's annual general meeting on September 29. However, according to CAB treasurer Biswarup Dey, CAB will definitely "honour" Tendulkar's request. "If Sachin has requested it, CAB won't unnecessarily push for staging the match and honour the legend's wish," Dey said. "In any other circumstance, we will try and do our best to host the milestone match at the Eden." The BCCI follows a rotation policy among its 10 Test venues for staging matches. According to the rotation policy, Ahmedabad and Bangalore were to host the next two matches. However, with the significance of these two Tests, the tour, fixtures and programme committee headed by BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla may break the rotation policy and instead award the two matches to Kolkata and Mumbai.

Source

[Chandan]

Unnecessary gimmickry!

[Clarke]

I think I'll go :woot:

[flamy]

:haha:

[velu]

Don mama :bandit:

[Lord]

Hope they don't boo him if he gets a low score

[SLICKR392]

Hope they don't boo him if he gets a low score

:cantstop:

[fineleg]

Hope they don't boo him if he gets a low score

Hope they dont repeat prior behavior.

[kumar713]

[kumar713]

Will miss his batting:((

[Magneto]

Hope they don't boo him if he gets a low score

Wankhede has one of the best crowds you can watch a match with. They may be occasionally rowdy, but they are the funnest bunch.

[Lord]

Wankhede has one of the best crowds you can watch a match with. They may be occasionally rowdy, but they are the funnest bunch.

I'd rather have boring English crowd than an 'occasionally rowdy' crowd that boos their own player that is respected all around the world.That was as bad as it gets They've also booed Yuvraj and chanted 'cheater' to Kohli (it was IPL,but still)

[randomGuy]

I'd rather have boring English crowd than an 'occasionally rowdy' crowd that boos their own player that is respected all around the world.That was as bad as it gets They've also booed Yuvraj and chanted 'cheater' to Kohli (it was IPL,but still)

Shouted for Indian team to get all out and follow on against WI so that sachin gets to bat again for 100th 100.:cantstop:so funny to think what would be going on in minds of other indian players.

[jf1gp_1]

can he get a 300 ?

[Magneto]

I'd rather have boring English crowd than an 'occasionally rowdy' crowd that boos their own player that is respected all around the world.That was as bad as it gets They've also booed Yuvraj and chanted 'cheater' to Kohli (it was IPL,but still)

You are mistaken if you think that the Barmy Army is all polite all the time. They keep hurling insults on their opposition all through with their songs and chants. You also should not generalize crowd behaviour on the basis of isolated incidents. If the crowd is a great crowd on 99 occasions and misbehaves on 1 day, it is okay; I am sure every crowd in the world would do that once in a while. Kohli got what he deserved, he had shown his middle finger to the same Mumbai crowd before. You have to see how irritating Kohli is and how he riles up the same home crowd when he is fielding on the boundary.

[Lord]

You are mistaken if you think that the Barmy Army is all polite all the time. They keep hurling insults on their opposition all through with their songs and chants. You also should not generalize crowd behaviour on the basis of isolated incidents. If the crowd is a great crowd on 99 occasions and misbehaves on 1 day, it is okay; I am sure every crowd in the world would do that once in a while. Kohli got what he deserved, he had shown his middle finger to the same Mumbai crowd before. You have to see how irritating Kohli is and how he riles up the same home crowd when he is fielding on the boundary.

no I wasn't referring to Barmy Army.What I meant by a boring English crowd is how they just clap mildly at everything.MCC crowd if you like.It was more of a metaphor. The kind of isolated incident decides whether you can use it to judge crowds.I can't remember when the last time a great player like him was booed on his homeground.Not every crowd does that. Again its not about Kohli.They had booed Yuvraj as well.And there would be other incidents as well I can't now recall.Other crowdsdon't have such history associated with them

[Magneto]

no I wasn't referring to Barmy Army.What I meant by a boring English crowd is how they just clap mildly at everything.MCC crowd if you like.It was more of a metaphor. The kind of isolated incident decides whether you can use it to judge crowds.I can't remember when the last time a great player like him was booed on his homeground.Not every crowd does that. Again its not about Kohli.They had booed Yuvraj as well.And there would be other incidents as well I can't now recall.Other crowdsdon't have such history associated with them

I know what you mean but this is how I look at it. 20-30 guys out of 45K booing someone does not represent a crowd. The Barmy Army is a part of the English crowd, and you cannot isolate them while describing the English crowd. Every crowd has its hooligans and gentlemen, and these hooligans are just a 0.01 percent. And not all crowd misbehaviour gets reported all the time. If accurately reported, such incidents would be found in every stadium in the world which can accomodate a sizeable crowd. You'll always have 10 people who will boo someone. On the basis of one incident if you think that the Wankhede crowd has an (or would have an) issue with Sachin, nothing can be further than the truth.

[maniac]

Ahemdabad crowd booing Ponting was very embarassing....No matter how hated a player is,when he is a legend of the magnitude of Ponting, he deserves better especially when he is playing his last match on your soil.

[maniac]

But on the other hand Mumbai crowd were very appreciative of Murali in the finals though....Malinga obviously we know he is popular in Mumbai and Sanga deserved to get booed after his antics but I beleive they did boo Jaya in the finals too

[Lord]

I know what you mean but this is how I look at it. 20-30 guys out of 45K booing someone does not represent a crowd. The Barmy Army is a part of the English crowd, and you cannot isolate them while describing the English crowd. Every crowd has its hooligans and gentlemen, and these hooligans are just a 0.01 percent. And not all crowd misbehaviour gets reported all the time. If accurately reported, such incidents would be found in every stadium in the world which can accomodate a sizeable crowd. You'll always have 10 people who will boo someone. On the basis of one incident if you think that the Wankhede crowd has an (or would have an) issue with Sachin, nothing can be further than the truth.

Fair Enough but then again why only Mumbai crowd behaviour get reported.We haven't seen such issues in Chennai,Delhi,Mohali for example.