Know Sachin Tendulkar's career's memorable incidents at the Wankhede Stadium

On the occasion of Wankhede Stadiums 50th anniversary legendary Team India batsman Sachin Tendulkar opened up on one of his incidents that occurred at the iconic venueDuring the celebrations at the Wankhede stadium Sachin Tendulkar shared two of his biggest moments from his cricketing journey at the venueTendulkar recalled how he requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI to schedule his careers last match in Mumbai in 2013 so that he could have his mother watch him play for the first time everBefore the series of my last match was announced I got in touch with BCCI and made one request that I want my last match to be held in Mumbai for one very reason I played cricket for so many years around 30 years 24 years for India my mother had never seen me play At that time during retirement my mothers health was not good enough that she could travel anywhere other than Wankhede to watch me play I wanted her to see why I have been moving to different places for 24 years BCCI very graciously accepted that request said Sachin TendulkarAlso ReadChampions Trophy 2025 If you drop them then your team will fall apart Yograj Singh on these playersSachin Tendulkar during his last match was battling with a lot of emotions as he realized that it was the last time he was playing for the nation and he was never going to do it again When he was batting closeups of his family members were shown on the big screen including his mother The snippets made him feel very emotional as he was trying to focus on battingThe former cricketer hilariously mentioned that he hoped those who were handling the big screen had a West Indies passportLast match it was surreal emotional I knew it was happening for the last time I fought through emotions as I came to bat WI players and spectators gave me so much respect Just before the last over In closeups my mother wife and my family were shown I thought that the ones handling the screen must have had a West Indies passport since he worked in favour of WI by playing with my emotions as I looked to survive Once the match was over the final lap and when I was lifted on shoulders it was surreal These are not planned but written by the god above This experience is going to be with me till my last breath he addedIn his final match the former righthander batsman managed to garner 74 runs in his only knockSachin Tendulkar also spoke about the 2011 World Cup triumph at the Wankhede Stadium and labelled it as the most memorable moment of his careerWhen I saw the World Cup win in 1983 I had that same motivation That I should have a trophy in my hand too It was the best moment of my life there is nothing better than this he saidComing to the title clash Sri Lanka opted to bat first and reached 2746 owing to an unbeaten century by Mahela Jayawardene 113 knocks by skipper Kumar Sangakkara 48 Tillakaratne Dilshan 48 and Thisara Perera 22 Zaheer Khan 260 and Yuvraj Singh 249 were the pick of the bowlers for IndiaIn the run chase India struggled initially after the dismissal of openers Virender Sehwag and Tendulkar early Then knocks from Gautam Gambhir 97 Virat Kohli 35 MS Dhoni 91 and Yuvraj Singh 21 helped India secure a sixwicket winDuring the tournament Sachin was the secondhighest rungetter and Indias highest with 482 runs in nine matches at an average of 5355 with a strike rate of over 91 He scored two centuries and two fifties with the best score of 120With ANI Inputs