The ‘God’ of cricket Sachin Tendulkar had said goodbye to cricket in the year 2013. He has been away from international cricket for 11 years. Meanwhile, big news has come out about Sachin Tendulkar. Actually, Sachin Tendulkar is going to return to the cricket field. Sachin’s comeback is going to be even more interesting because he is going to make an ‘International’ comeback as captain. Actually, a new tournament is going to start in which Sachin Tendulkar will be seen taking charge of the Indian team. The name of this new league is International Masters League (IML) which will start from November 17. Apart from India, teams from Sri Lanka, Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies will also participate in this league.
Sachin Tendulkar last captained the Indian cricket team 24 years ago. He played a Test match for Team India as captain in March 2000. After this he handed over the captaincy of Team India to Sourav Ganguly. Now once again Sachin will be seen taking charge of Team India, for which the fans are eagerly waiting.
The captains of the first season of IML are as follows:-
- India: Sachin Tendulkar
- West Indies: Brian Lara
- Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara
- Australia: Shane Watson
- England: Eoin Morgan
- South Africa: Jacques Kallis
International Masters League was started by Navi Mumbai’s D.Y. Patil Stadium, where the first four matches will be played. It will start with an exciting match between India and Sri Lanka on 17th November, in which Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara will face each other as captains. In the next match, Shane Watson’s Australia will face Jacques Kallis’s South Africa and later Sri Lanka will face Ioan. Morgan’s will be from England. Brian Lara’s West Indies team will make its debut against Australia in the fourth match.
Mumbai
- November 17: India vs Sri Lanka (7:30 pm)
- November 18: Australia vs South Africa (7:30 pm)
- November 19: Sri Lanka vs England (7:30 pm)
- November 20: West Indies vs Australia (7:30 pm)
Lucknow
- 21 November: India vs South Africa
- 23 November: South Africa vs England
- 24 November: India vs Australia
- 25 November: West Indies vs Sri Lanka
- 26 November: England vs Australia
- 27 November: West Indies vs South Africa