StriKe Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 One hundred and ninety-nine kg of rose petals will be showered from the skies, while 199 bunches of balloons will be floating in the air to greet batting great Sachin Tendulkar at the Eden Gardens, as he plays the 199th and penultimate Test match of his career at the iconic ground Nov 6-10. As part of grand celebrations drawn up by the local hosts Cricket Association of Bengal to give a befitting farewell to the player, all spectators in the galleries will be handed out Tendulkar masks and placards at the start of play on Day One and Day Two of the Test match respectively. "The master batsman will be greeted by the expected full house of 65,000 wearing his mask on Day One. The next day, the spectators will wave placards with slogans eulogising the cricketer," CAB treasurer Biswarup Dey told IANS. Tendulkar, who has already retired from One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals, will hang up his bat from all forms of the game after the next match (Nov 14-18) - the 200th of his glittering career - of the two-Test series against the West Indies. "On Day three, 199 bunches of balloons will be released from the Eden Gardens. The balloons will have Tendulkar's photos and slogans as also quotations eulogising the Mumbaikar," said Dey. A book on Tendulkar containing write-ups from eminent persons will be released day four. "A helicopter will spray rose petals from the skies on day five. We have rented a private helicopter for this," said he. A photo exhibition capturing Tendulkar's various moods on and off the ground, freeze frames of some of his sublime shots and great moments of his career will be organised at a suitable venue close to the ground around the match days so that his fans who failed to get tickets for the Test can soak in the celebrations. The match tickets are now a collector's item, with Tendulkar's pictures and autographs printed on them. Each day's ticket includes a different picture. While Day One tickets carry the picture of a boyish Tendulkar when he had just started making the connoisseurs of the game sit up and take notice. Day Two tickets show him raising his bat after reaching a cricketing milestone. Frames of Tendulkar playing delightful strokes feature on the tickets for the next three days. Source
India-KXIP fan Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 O wow lol. Bit of a unique way to give farewell. Sounds cool :nice:
bulbul Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Ho do they know match lasts till 4th or 5th day :hmmm: Anyway great way to send off legend :hatsoff: PS: Hope Kanjoos bambis learn from this
Ibes Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Ask any of our superstars if playing in India is great, He might have just gotten a bottle of champagne and a handshake elsewhere.
Scarves Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 If I was Tendulkar I would be touched yet freaked out a little. A little OTT imo but should be a nice spectacle.
Crookbond Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Ho do they know match lasts till 4th or 5th day :hmmm: Anyway great way to send off legend :hatsoff: PS: Hope Kanjoos bambis learn from this They are planning to distribute a complimentary book on Tendulkar (don't remember the name) to all patrons.
velu Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 This is not enough yeh dil maange moaarrrr how abt carpet bombing :hmmm:
Zanjeer Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 :omg:65,000 people wearing sachin masks is gonna be great...:omg::two_thumbs_up:
India-KXIP fan Posted November 2, 2013 Posted November 2, 2013 :omg:65' date='000 people wearing sachin masks is gonna be great...:omg::two_thumbs_up:[/quote'] This! :hysterical::hysterical:
zubinpepsi Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 apparently tendu also had felt this is going overboard.. Focussed Sachin Tendulkar 'upset' with CAB going overboard KOLKATA: Sachin Tendulkar is reportedly "unhappy" with Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) officials' attempts to go overboard with their celebrations for his 199th Test match in his farewell series against the West Indies starting from Wednesday. There were contradictory statements from two joint secretaries of CAB with Sujan Mukherjee admitting that the maestro indeed was not amused with all the arrangements while the other joint secretary Subir Ganguly said that everything was under control. As Tendulkar was the first to step down from the team bus this morning, confetti were burst near the gate, while 80 schoolchildren wearing T-shirts with the Mumbai batsman's photo and 199 written on the back, lined up till the dressing room to greet the seniormost cricketer. If that was not enough, the CAB tried to do a Madame Tussauds erecting a life-like wax figure of Tendulkar next to the dressing room entrance but the finesse was missing in the statue with the face not exactly resembling the icon. According to sources, Tendulkar reportedly said he's not bigger than the sport and it's not him only there are 14 other players who are part of the Indian squad. "I too heard that Tendulkar was upset with the confetti burst and other things. He also cancelled his visit to a photo exhibition at the Bhowanipore Tent," senior joint secretary Mukherjee said. It is learnt that the CAB officials later did some damage control as Tendulkar came and gave a photo-op near the wax statue and praised the wax craftsman Susanta Ray of Asansol. "Sachin and everyone else in the team was happy with the grand arrangements," the other joint secretary Ganguly, said.
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