Sachin Tendulkar is likely to be greeted by thousands of spectators wearing his mask or the waving of placards with slogans eulogising the batting genius at the Eden Gardens gallery as he steps onto the iconic ground next month for one last time before hanging up his willow.
Going all out to give a warm farewell to the little master, who plays his penultimate Test match here against the West Indies from 6 November, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) mandarins are burning the midnight oil to plan out novel ways to make the big occasion memorable to the cricketer as also the legions of his fans.
While plans are afoot to release thousands of balloons bearing his pictures at the start of play on the opening day, CAB is also toying with the idea of distributing vests bearing Tendulkar’s pictures among spectators. A CAB official informed on Friday a gala dinner to give the master blaster a ‘magnificent felicitation’ off the field is also in the scheme of things. But the association is first trying to ascertain whether the anti-corruption unit of BCCI would approve of it ahead of the match.
Going all out to give a warm farewell to the little master, who plays his penultimate Test match here against the West Indies from 6 November, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) mandarins are burning the midnight oil to plan out novel ways to make the big occasion memorable to the cricketer as also the legions of his fans.
While plans are afoot to release thousands of balloons bearing his pictures at the start of play on the opening day, CAB is also toying with the idea of distributing vests bearing Tendulkar’s pictures among spectators. A CAB official informed on Friday a gala dinner to give the master blaster a ‘magnificent felicitation’ off the field is also in the scheme of things. But the association is first trying to ascertain whether the anti-corruption unit of BCCI would approve of it ahead of the match.