Cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar will be the latest sporting great to be featured at the internationally-renowned Madame Tussauds in London when a new wax figure of the Mumbai-born batsman joins the A-list line-up in April. Tendulkar follows in the famous footsteps of Bollywood greats Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan and will join other cricket legends Brain Lara and Shane Warne to become the very first Indian sports personality to be portrayed, the waxworks museum said in a statement on Friday. The cricketing legend has already had a sitting with the Madame Tussauds studios team who last week travelled to Mumbai to capture a catalogue of reference photographs and hundreds of precise measurements. The information they collected at the two hour session at the Taj Lands End Hotel will prove invaluable as the sculptors and hair and make up artists get to work on his figure. "We are delighted to confirm our next Indian superstar is going to be Sachin Tendulkar; his achievements on the cricket pitch are phenomenal and he is one of the biggest names in international sport," says Liz Edwards, Madame Tussauds PR manager. "The Bollywood stars we have included over the past ten years have proved enormously popular with Asian guests and film fans from all over the world. We know Sachin will be just as popular for sports fans from home and abroad and are looking forward to introducing the real Sachin to his wax double soon." Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians Captain will be featured in typical celebratory "on the pitch" pose after another century marked in the scorebook. He will be dressed in his cricket whites which he has donated. The figure will be created at Madame Tussauds studios in West London at a cost of 150,000 pounds. The cricket star will join the ranks of sporting greats, including David Beckham , Mohammed Ali, Tiger Woods and Jesse Owens, in Madame Tussauds interactive Sports Zone. There will also be a cricketing challenge around the introduction of the figure, where guests can test their cricketing skills against the 'masterblaster'.
Ya it's a proud for every indians And he is playing extremely well, So there is no need to get retirement right now . . He will play for the next world cup
And I think that today's cricketers are good for commercials. I remember the days when India had a great team of Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and they used to play like real sportsman. I hate to say but I hate today's cricketers, especially the ones who have tuned out to be celebrities. They have more money then they actual deserve. In fact, even if they don't play, they will still live a luxurious life for the rest of the life. And I have seen that how the hockey players were given the treatment when they went for a tournament to another state. Their train was parked at some empty platform of the station where they used to live, cook food, sleep, go to toilet & bathroom and imagine what was their condition when they used to come back tired and no bed to sleep. Sleeping on the berth for the entire journey and then again sleeping on them after they return back is not a easy task. And the only question the team asked the cameramen that why these cricketers get so much of VIP treatment? Flying by air, luxury coaches to receive them, 5 star hotels and so on... Just my thoughts.
Oh really, and this is why he performs better in commercials rather than matches. It would be better if he would do commercials rather than playing. True sportsmanship is never weighted with money. Just my thoughts.
"Tendulkar ton puts India in control", "Tendulkar keeps India in charge", "Tendulkar's ton gives India big lead"...............Sachin have proved himself in all form of cricket, in one day as well as in Test matches against New Zealand. This shows an attitude of a true batsman....HE IS THE BEST BATSMAN WHO EVER PLAYED THE GAME AND WILL REMAIN THE SAME FOR ALL TIME.....
i dont think this time is good for retirement for Sachin, he is playing good and making runs.. i was watching match today and i have seen a banner with the following words: "Sachin if you retire i will never see cricket again" you can assume how much important Sachin is for Indian cricket Fans.
Sachin Tendulkar is Great Cricketer In World. I think Total Senturi [Test and One Day] 100 Crossing in future
The Little Master has a lot mroe cricket left in him. Hope he entertains us all for a many years to come.