For Sachin Tendulkar, Wankhede is a story of missed Test hundreds:-
Sachin Tendulkar may have chosen to draw the curtains on a glittering international career before his adoring fans at hometown Mumbai's Wankhede stadium, but the master blaster's Test record at the ground is quite a few notches below his best. Also, he has time and again missed out on deserving hundreds after good build-ups.
Besides that Mumbai is his home town, Tendulkar may have decided to opt for Wankhede for his 200th and farewell Test match guided by a desire to fulfill the wishes of his unwell mother Rajni and coach Ramakant Achrekar, who wanted to watch the legend's swansong from the galleries.
The India-West Indies Test match begins from Thursday, but Tendulkar needs to be cautious on a ground where he twice got out in the 70s, once in the 80s and on a couple of occasions in the nervous 90s.
But it's not been all bad, as the batting great lifted the 2011 World Cup here.
The batting legend enjoys a great first class record - 3,534 runs with a highest of unbeaten 233. But in 10 Tests here, Tendulkar has got 847 runs, highest being 148 (against Sri Lanka in 1996-97), at an average of 47.05, a far cry from his impressive record at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, or Chennai's M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sachin-tendulkar-wankhede-stadium-test-matches-mumbai/1/322934.html
Sachin Tendulkar may have chosen to draw the curtains on a glittering international career before his adoring fans at hometown Mumbai's Wankhede stadium, but the master blaster's Test record at the ground is quite a few notches below his best. Also, he has time and again missed out on deserving hundreds after good build-ups.
Besides that Mumbai is his home town, Tendulkar may have decided to opt for Wankhede for his 200th and farewell Test match guided by a desire to fulfill the wishes of his unwell mother Rajni and coach Ramakant Achrekar, who wanted to watch the legend's swansong from the galleries.
The India-West Indies Test match begins from Thursday, but Tendulkar needs to be cautious on a ground where he twice got out in the 70s, once in the 80s and on a couple of occasions in the nervous 90s.
But it's not been all bad, as the batting great lifted the 2011 World Cup here.
The batting legend enjoys a great first class record - 3,534 runs with a highest of unbeaten 233. But in 10 Tests here, Tendulkar has got 847 runs, highest being 148 (against Sri Lanka in 1996-97), at an average of 47.05, a far cry from his impressive record at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, or Chennai's M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sachin-tendulkar-wankhede-stadium-test-matches-mumbai/1/322934.html
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