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MCA names pavilion at Wankhede stadium after Tendulkar
16 May 2001

Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday joined the group of legendary cricketers whose names embellish the Wankhede Stadium with the Mumbai Cricket Association deciding to name the MCA pavilion after the Indian batting maestro.

The proposal to honour Tendulkar after he became the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in one-day cricket, was cleared at the MCA's marathon four hour meeting on Tuesday night which was chaired by vice president of the association Pravin Barve.

Barve while making the announcement said, "the Mumbai star who achieved a milestone during the recent home series against Australia and was awarded the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan award by the state government would be felicitated by the association on May 23 at the Wankhede stadium."

The 28-year old Tendulkar, the recipient of `Padmashree' and `Maharashtra Bhushan' awards, will now join the ranks of former Indian stars Vijay Merchant, Vinoo Mankad, Polly Umrigar, Sunil Gavaskar and Vijay Manjrekar after whom certain sections of the stadium have been named.

The East and West Stands have been named after Gavaskar and Merchant, while the two main gates of the stadium are known as Umrigar and Mankad Gates and the dressing room has been named after Manjrekar.

© PTI


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