Mumbai, December 26: Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar, who recently struck a historic 50th Test hundred, will be felicitated by the local civic body here once he returns from the ongoing tour of South Africa.
“The BMC Commissioner Swadhin Kshatriya will request Sachin to provide dates for arranging the felicitation ceremony once he is back in Mumbai. The Municipal Commissioner will soon write a letter to Sachin asking him for his availability. The draft of the letter is ready and awaiting Kshatriya’s signature,” a civic official said.
Since 2001, several proposals of felicitating the cricket legend have been pending with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) almost for the last 10 years.
“Recently after Sachin scored his 50th Test Century, the Municipal Commissioner sent a message congratulating him and informed him that the BMC wanted to felicitate him.
–PTI