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     Ustad Side Hero Username: Ustad Post Number: 9751 Registered: 07-2008 Posted From: 76.173.42.79 Rating: N/A |
Sachin should retire and give chance to youngsters. He is playing for his 100th ton....errrrrr 50th ODI century. Fan of Fab 5: Sachin, Rahul, Saurav, Laxman and Kumble. | ||
| Ntr_rocks Moderator Username: Ntr_rocks Post Number: 33201 Registered: 04-2009 Rating: N/A |
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| Rajusk Megastar Username: Rajusk Post Number: 20067 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 192.234.99.10 Rating: N/A |
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| Rajusk Megastar Username: Rajusk Post Number: 20066 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 192.234.99.10 Rating: N/A |
Hamilton Bland, the owner of Autographs of the World, an England-based firm specialising in sports memorabilia, travelled to Hyderabad last year to meet with Sachin Tendulkarâs advisors just days after the Little Master racked up his 99th international ton. Bland eventually managed to secure a 100 of his bats, 500 of his India shirts and hundreds of his helmets, gloves and cricket balls. The complete collection that may not have been worth more than a few lakhs before the hundredth hundred, now boasts of a resale value of Rs 30 crore, according to Bland. Each bat signed by Tendulkar in that limited edition collection is worth Rs 2.8 lakh, each jersey valued at Rs 1.6 lakh and a whole showcase presentation, which includes a personally signed print, shirt, bat, ball, gloves, helmet and pads, all identical to ones he wore when he scored his 100th century, is up for grabs for a cool Rs 1.2 crore. Bland, who possesses memorabilia from every sportsperson of repute, added, âI pitched the idea of a collection based on his hundred centuries when I met him in Kolkata last year. He loved the idea, but had one request: that India and not he should be the main focus of the collection. That struck me about him. No sportsperson has ever requested me that.â |
