Fans honour Tendulkar with 200 bats for ODI double

March 10, 2010 at 10:10 am · By staff

Vadodara: Sachin Tendulkar was presented with 200 bats on Tuesday by fans for becoming the first batsman to score a double century in one-day international cricket.

Tendulkar appreciated the initiative by his fans, put autographs on some of the bats and then advised them to distribute the bats among the budding players of the city, to whom these would certainly be an inspirational gift.

Harshit Talati, a municipal cooperator and Harish Malani, president of the Sandhi Education Society, accompanied by Atul Bedade, chairman of the selection committee of Baroda Cricket Association, were here present the bats to Tendulkar.

Tendulkar was in Surat to play an exhibition Twenty20 match.

“The 200 bats were collected by the fans of Tendulkar when he created ODI history by making 200 runs against South Africa. The fans collected these bats as mark of respect towards Tendulkar,” Talati said.

Talati said Tendulkar appreciated the gesture towards him and after autographing some of the bats, he gave them back to us for their distribution among the budding players of the city.

Source:PTI