The Sharjah Cricket Stadium has honoured India batting nice Sachin Tendulkar on his fiftieth birthday by naming a stand after him.
The venue within the United Arab Emirates held a ceremony for the previous India captain on Monday, asserting that the 'West Stand' had been renamed the 'Sachin Tendulkar Stand'.
Tendulkar smashed 143 runs towards Australia on the stadium in April 1998 in a One-Day Worldwide dubbed 'Desert Storm' after play was disrupted for 25 minutes as a consequence of a sand storm.
His knock guided India to the tri-series ultimate towards Australia, which India received by six wickets with Tendulkar putting 134 runs on his twenty fifth birthday.
"I can't neglect his birthday celebrations," stated Khalaf Bukhatir, the chief government of Sharjah Cricket. "It mesmerised the entire viewers and I really feel fortunate to have been there.
"That day is not only particular to Sachin however particular to everybody who witnessed it."
The Sydney Cricket Floor additionally paid tribute to Tendulkar on Monday, unveiling a set of gates named after him and West Indies batsman Brian Lara.
Tendulkar retired from the skilled recreation in 2013 after notching a nonetheless unmatched 100 worldwide centuries in a glittering 24-year profession.
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