Wankhede 50: sachin tendulkar remembers emotional mom connection to farewell take a look at

legendary sachin tendulkar recalled an emotional story about his farewell check, pronouncing he asked the indian cricket board to schedule it on the Wankhede Stadium in mumbai in order that his mom may want to watch him play.

speakme at a rite to have a good time the fiftieth anniversary of the iconic venue, Tendulkar reflected at the emotional final day of the test healthy against the west indies and said he would in no way overlook the long-lasting 'Sachin, Sachin' chants.

sachin tendulkar stated he made a private request to the then bcci president, N. Srinivasan, and expressed his gratitude for the possibility to have his mother watch him play worldwide cricket for the first time. Tendulkar had referred to more than one times in the beyond that his mom had by no means watched him play live from the stadium till his final take a look at.

Tendulkar's farewell take a look at become performed between november 14 and 16 on the Wankhede Stadium. india defeated the west indies via an innings and 126 runs in that check. Tendulkar scored 74 in his very last knock for india, who posted 495 runs after centuries from Cheteshwar Pujara and Rohit Sharma.

"earlier than the series was announced, I got in touch with the bcci and made one request. I asked that I wanted my last suit to be held in mumbai for one motive: I played cricket for such a lot of years-24 years for india, and nearly 30 years overall. but my mom had by no means visible me play. At that point (at some stage in the farewell test), my mother's health become now not properly. She couldn't travel anywhere other than Wankhede to observe me play. I wanted her to peer why i've been moving to exceptional places for 24 years. The bcci very graciously conventional that request," Tendulkar stated.

The batting maestro additionally recalled emotional moments from the last day of his take a look at profession, saying he was unsure whether the manufacturer of the broadcast become working in opposition to him by means of displaying visuals of his emotional circle of relatives, including his mom, even as he changed into batting within the middle.

"after I went in to bat on the first day, it turned into toward the cease of play. after I walked out to bat, the west indies players gave me plenty of recognize. the crowd gave me a superb reception. i used to be a chunk emotional. My eyes had been tearing up, but I had to awareness. I needed to bat. however, just before the remaining over, I saw the big display screen at the stadium. there has been a near-up body of my mother. She did not recognize that she became being shown on the massive display. i was thinking if these kinds of photographs had been vital because it changed into the final six balls of the day," Tendulkar said.

"I doubted the director of the printed had a west indies passport because I notion he become acting in favour of the West Indies. He changed into playing with my feelings," he delivered.

Tendulkar performed 200 tests for india and scored 15,921 runs, which stays the sector document for the most runs in a profession in the traditional layout. Tendulkar completed with 51 centuries and sixty eight 1950s.