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Sachin Tendulkar considered playing for Sydney Thunder in BBL
Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was reportedly approached by the Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Sydney Thunder to feature in this year's edition of the Twenty20 tournament, but eventually the deal could not be reached.
According to a report in 'Sydney Morning Herald', Tendulkar was offered an "attractive" package by the Thunder, who are desperately looking for a turnaround in their fortunes, having won just one game out of their last 19 matches, stretching 25 months.
But the talks the with Indian veteran cricketer, who retired from all forms of the game in November last year, fell apart when Harry Harinath resigned as head of Cricket NSW early last year.
The report also claimed that Cricket NSW called upon the state government to use its connections in India in order to lure the iconic batsman to don their jersey but nothing materialised.
"Tendulkar was offered a deal to play for the Thunder over four weeks this season," it said.
"When the Cricket NSW board, headed by Harinath, met to address the problems, Tendulkar joined Michael Hussey and Brett Lee on the list after it was acknowledged the franchise needed to attract big stars to engage the 90,000 people with Indian and subcontinent heritage in the area surrounding the Olympic Park precinct," it added.
The 40-year-old Indian was at the top of a list of desired players, drawn up for 2013-14 by the club, which had disastrous campaign last season when they lost all their ties.
"Harinath, who stepped down from his posts as chairman of Cricket NSW and as a board member of Cricket Australia (CA) after an overhaul in the organisation's administration structure last January, was understood to have travelled to India to meet with people described as extremely close to Tendulkar," it added.
The side, led by Mike Hussey, are languishing at the bottom of the table this season with just a solitary win in seven games so far.
Tendulkar was a part of the Mumbai Indians, which won the Indian Premier League and Champions League 2013.
greatest batsmen ever, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Regarded as one of the greatest batsmen ever, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is the mainstay of Indian
batting line-up for more than two decades. He is the world's leading run-scorer in both Test (14,692)
and ODI (18,111) cricket. In 2011, Tendulkar finally achieved his dream of winning the Cricket World
Cup at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. It took six World Cup appearances for the 'Little Master'
to win the coveted trophy. Tendulkar is the leading century maker in both Test and ODI and has so
far scored 99 (51 Test + 48 ODI) international centuries. He also has played highest number of Test
and ODI matches. Among many laurels he had won - the most prominent ones are: Padma
Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest
sporting honour. Surprisingly after playing for more two decades, Tendulkar won his first ICC
cricketer of the year award in 2010. Tendulkar described ‘2010’ as among the best ever in his
cricketing career. In February 2010, he became the first batsman to break the 200-run barrier in
the one-day cricket. Tendulkar made his Test debut as a 16-year-old against Pakistan at Karachi in
November 1989. He then played his first one-day match against the same team in the next month.
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