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Former Indian national cricket team batsman Sachin Tendulkar He explained how the BCCI had asked him to play the final match at his home ground, the Wankhede Stadium. He said he wanted his mother to watch him play because she was not well and could only travel to that place.
Sachin Tendulkar has completed the greatest batting career the game of cricket has ever seen. The batting great played his final game in the longest form of the game during the home Test. Series against the West Indies national cricket team at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
With the Wankhede Stadium packed and chants of “Sachin Sachin” all to be heard, it’s fair to say his final Test in Mumbai seemed more than festive. The game was played from November 14–16 and the ending was perfect for him.
Sachin Tendulkar hit an impressive half-century and knocked 73 runs. With him, since ages Rohit Sharma And Cheteshwar Pujara She helped India win the match with a huge innings and 126 runs.
Talking about his last match, Sachin Tendulkar said that he told the BCCI to keep his last Test at Wankhede so that his mother could see why he had been shifted to different places for 24 years. Speaking about the 50th anniversary of the Wankhede Stadium:
“Before the series was announced, I met the BCCI and made a request. I asked them that I want my last match to be played in Mumbai for one reason: I have played cricket for many years—24 years in India and almost 30 years in total. My mother has never seen me play.
“At that time (during the Farewell Test), my mother’s health was not good. She could not go anywhere other than Wankde to see me play. I wanted her to see why I have been going to different places for 24 years. BCCI accepted the request very respectfully.
Talking about playing the final Test, he expressed his feelings about the kind of reception he got from the crowd and the West Indies. He talked about how the broadcaster played with his emotions by showing him pictures of his mother and other members of his emotional family. He added:
“When I came in to bat on the first day, the game was almost over. When I came out to play, the West Indies players gave me a lot of respect. The crowd gave me a warm welcome. It was me. It’s a bit emotional.
“There was a close-up of my mother. She didn’t realize she was being shown on the big screen. I was thinking that all these shots were important because they were the last six balls of the day. The broadcast director had a West Indies passport because I thought he was a West Indies supporter.
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