Legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar inaugurated a board room named after him on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquarters in Mumbai. The room has been named as “SRT 100“. In a media assertion, BCCI mentioned the room has been named after the Grasp Blaster “to recognise his excellent contributions to Indian cricket“.Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!On the inauguration occasion, Tendulkar was joined by BCCI directors: Roger Binny (Honorary President), Rajeev Shukla (Honorary Vice President), Devajit Saikia (Honorary Secretary) and Rohan Dessai (Honorary Joint Secretary).Tendulkar relived his illustrious journey as a cricketer, from watching the Prudential Cup (now known as the ODI World Cup) to his first tour of Pakistan, to the 2011 ODI Cricket World Cup, with the ultimate being performed on the Wankhede Stadium. The present BCCI HQ are housed on the iconic venue in Mumbai.Through the speech, Tendulkar spoke in regards to the disappointment of 2007 World Cup the place India exited within the group stage.“2007 after we obtained again from the West Indies, variety of ideas got here to me. Whether or not it was time to proceed or transfer apart. I keep in mind having a dialog with my brother. My brother mentioned, ‘In 2011, the World Cup shall be performed in India and the ultimate shall be in Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium. With this trophy, are you able to think about your self taking a victory lap.’ That is the place the journey started once more. For these 4 years, there was just one purpose. This trophy,” mentioned Tendulkar whereas pointing on the World Cup trophy.

“From presumably the hardest second in my life, 2007, to 2011, the perfect cricketing second in my life. It was a outstanding journey,” he added.He additional mentioned, “Hopefully I shall be someplace a part of the choice when the essential conferences are held, proper choices are made, which provides us a purpose to have fun”.Earlier within the week, “10000 Gavaskar” boardroom was inaugurated to honour Sunil Gavaskar, one other of Mumbai’s legend. On Friday, Rohit Sharma stand was inaugurates on the Wankhede stadium.