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BCCI name board room in Sachin Tendulkar's honour at Mumbai Headquarters

BCCI name board room in Sachin Tendulkar's honour at Mumbai Headquarters

India Today17-05-2025
The Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) named a board room after the legendary Sachin Tendulkar at their headquarters in Mumbai. The board room named 'SRT 100', which recognises Tendulkar's outstanding contributions to Indian cricket, was inaugurated by the legendary batter himself.In a video shared by the BCCI on their social media handles, Tendulkar is seen inaugurating the board room as he thanks BCCI President Roger Binny, Secretary Devajit Saikia, Vice President Rajeev Shukla and other dignitaries present at the ceremony.advertisementOn his visit to the BCCI headquarters, Tendulkar pointed to the 1983 World Cup trophy, which inspired him to be a cricketer. The Master Blaster even mentioned that it was the first time that he was seeing the historic trophy physically.RCB vs KKR, IPL 2025, Bengaluru weather live updates"First of all, thank you so very much to Roger, Saikyaji, Rajiv Rai, and Rohan. Thank you all the BCCI bearers and officials. You won't believe this is the first time I am seeing like this in real life. Because this is where it all started for me. A room being named after me, it is indeed a very heart-touching moment for me," Sachin Tendulkar said in a video shared by BCCI.'What makes it even more special is these priceless trophies. It's a reflection of what the official bearers, BC bearers and the players have been able to plan and execute that plan, helping the country to achieve this. So these are priceless moments. These are moments where the whole country comes together and celebrate,' he added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Team India (@indiancricketteam)Sachin Tendulkar is the most prolific batter in the history of international cricket with 34357 runs to his name at an average of 48.52 with a world record 100 centuries to his name. The 52-year-old is also the highest run getter in both Tests and ODIs with 15,921 runs and 18426 runs to his name, respectively. The Master Blaster also holds the record for most centuries in Test cricket (51). Earlier, BCCI also named a board room after legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar.
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