Tendulkar, who had mentioned that reaching 50 was his ‘slowest half-century’, lower a cake close to the Mumbai Indians’ dugout throughout the second strategic break within the first innings.
The Mumbai Indians franchise, for whom Tendulkar performed for all his six years within the IPL from 2008-2013, made preparations to have a good time the event.
More than 30,000 followers on the Wankhede Stadium have been supplied with Tendulkar face masks.
The batting legend wore jersey No. 10 for India and Mumbai Indians, and after the tenth over of Punjab Kings’ innings, the stadium was reverberated with the acquainted chant of ‘Sachin… Sachin’.
“Sachin made the no 10 jersey iconic in cricket and this year will mark 10 years to the last match he played for India, which had come at the Wankhede Stadium. On that occasion, Saturday will be all about celebrating the glorious career of the highest run getter of all time and India’s most capped Test and ODI player,” the franchise mentioned earlier in a launch.
Additionally, outdoors the Garware Pavilion, a big duplicate of Tendulkar‘s No. 10 jersey was saved for followers to click on photographs.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com