Published: Oct 07, 2015, 05:07 PM (IST)
Edited: Nov 06, 2015, 06:17 PM (IST)
Sachin Tendulkar is excited about playing the Twenty20 (T20) matches in USA next month as the legendary cricketer tweeted about leaving for the tour exactly a month later along with Shane Warne and other iconic names. He shared a picture with the former Australian spinner, saying, “Am Coming to America in exactly a month with Cricket All Stars!” Earlier, Tendulkar had admitted that he would want to see more number of Americans pick up cricket bats along with the baseball bats. “You’ll only learn things if you give them a try. Americans are used to watching baseball, and it’s very similar to that,” he told Time magazine. If Americans can start coming to the stadium, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them following cricket from here on,” he further added. READ: Sachin Tendulkar: ‘Cricket All-Stars Series 2015′ will popularise cricket along with baseball in USA
Am Coming to America in exactly a month with Cricket All Stars! pic.twitter.com/foUPB4hgRr
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 7, 2015
Tendulkar and Warne will each captain a team consisting of some of the best international players in three matches scheduled to be played in US baseball stadiums. The tour in partnership with US sports marketing company Leverage Agency will feature T20 matches at New York’s Citi Field on November 7, Houston’s Minute Maid Park on November 11, and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on November 14. Pakistan’s Wasim Akram, South Africa’s Shaun Pollock, Brian Lara of Trinidad and Tobago and Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka are among the other all-time greats slated to join the cricket barnstorming tour. Besides hoping to fill up ballparks, the players plan to conduct clinics in each stop to teach Americans about cricket.
