Mumbai, April 07: Four days after being hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates on a historic victory lap after India captured cricket’s showpiece trophy, Sachin Tendulkar today returned to the Wankhede Stadium where his childhood dream of winning the World Cup was realised.
Tendulkar came back to the scene of India’s memorable triumph not to play but to partake of the atmosphere surrounding the Indian Premier League, that kicks off in Chennai tomorrow, and meet up with his old mates in the Mumbai Indians (MI) franchise oufit, besides linking up with new members.
Among those he met was former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds, bought for USD 850,000 by the Reliance Industries-owned franchise.
The former Australian cricketer will be playing alongside not only Tendulkar, but also Harbhajan Singh whom he had accused of passing racist comments against him in the acrimonious Sydney Test in 2008.
–Agencies