The evergreen batting genius Sachin Tendulkar "was designated as official ambassador of the event for the World Cup Cricket 2011 to the International Criminal Court on Thursday. It will become the second player in cricket history to take participated in six World Cups.
The only cricketer so far was Pakistan Javed Miandad. As an official ambassador of the 2011 World Cup Tendulkar would promote and support a wide range of initiatives for the ICC tournament The ICC said in a statement. The sites of the 2011 World Cup, Bangladesh, Srilanka and India and its going to become the third largest sporting event in the world, from February 19 to April 2 2011.
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat announced Tendulkar to name the ambassador. "We are very fortunate to have an extraordinary player Sachin support our main event. I don` t think any other player has inspired a nation and as he has the respect and affection that he likes to go much beyond its India home.
Many other athletes and fans around the world admire what he always knows and what he does for cricket, "he said. Sachin made his debut in cricket in India in 1989 when he was 16. Tendulkar has inspired hundreds of millions of cricket fans around the world with its evergreen character and performance in the field. "There are only 100 days and am very anxious to play in another World Cup cricket," Tendulkar said.
"The fact that the event 2011 will take place here in the subcontinent, it is even more special for me and I am eager to make sure we play well. As a team, we would do everything possible to win World Cup on home soil, "he added. There are only 100 days for the mega-tournament of 43 days, which will contain the world's leading competition for first prize out of cricket.
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