Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne touch down at New York for Cricket All Stars
Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne touch down at New York for Cricket All Stars
New York: Two of cricket’s biggest names, Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar, have landed here ahead of the first of three historic Cricket All Stars matches in the United States later this month. Australian leg-spin legend Warne and former Indian batting superstar Tendulkar were at Citi Field in New York on Monday for Game five of baseball’s World Series between the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals, reported cricket.com.au. The pair will return to the venue in just six days’ time for the first of three All Stars matches, which are aimed to increase the popularity of the game in America. ALSO READ: Sachin Tendulkar welcomes Virender Sehwag to Cricket All Stars
Warne also posted an image on Instagram of the drop-in wicket for this weekend’s match on its way to Citi Field. Warne’s Warriors and Sachin’s Blasters will feature a host of former greats for Twenty20 matches in New York, Houston and Los Angeles. Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, VVS Laxman, Wasim Akram and Brian Lara are amongst the big names to sign up for the event.Earlier,Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne is excited about the prospect of taking the game to the United States of America (USA) at next month’s Cricket All Stars and is hoping to find the next international star during the tour. Warne and Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar will captain opposing star-studded teams during a three-game Twenty20 series in the USA
Earlier,Tendulkar said that the Cricket All Stars matches are not for fun and all of them will play serious cricket in USA. “It will be fun. We will have fun. At the same time, we will be playing good, serious cricket. We don’t want to go there and fool around. We want to interact with spectators, go out and give them some quality cricket to watch. I am sure the cricket will be played seriously. Nobody wants to fool around,” he said.