NEW DELHI: It's an iconic quantity in Indian cricket historical past. The No 10 jersey, worn through the mythical Sachin Tendulkar, could be retired through the BCCI, TOI Sports has discovered.
Tendulkar, who holds several batting information, wore the No 10 blue India jersey all the way through a record-setting ODI profession - in addition to in a solitary Twenty20 world - that ended in March 2012.
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Fans of the game will take into account that a few months ago, all the way through the ODI leg of India's excursion of Sri Lanka, the Mumbai tempo bowler Shardul Thakur made his debut with the No 10 on his back. In no time, Thakur and the BCCI become the topic of a wave of displeasure and widespread agitation on social media.
To avoid this kind of backlash, TOI has discovered, the BCCI decided to talk over with avid gamers inside the current Indian team to retire the No 10 jersey for International fixtures.
As the ICC guidelines do not permit for a bunch to be retired, and because there's no provision for taking permission from cricket's governing body, the BCCI has mulled unofficially returning Tendulkar's quantity.
"As per the rules, BCCI would have to go to ICC for officially retiring a jersey; so, for the time being the team members have been unofficially told that the No 10 jersey will not to be worn during international fixtures," a supply close to the BCCI informed TOI Sports.
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Tendulkar, who holds several batting information, wore the No 10 blue India jersey all the way through a record-setting ODI profession - in addition to in a solitary Twenty20 world - that ended in March 2012.
ALSO READ: Harbhajan Singh defends Shardul Thakur's 'No. 10' jersey
Fans of the game will take into account that a few months ago, all the way through the ODI leg of India's excursion of Sri Lanka, the Mumbai tempo bowler Shardul Thakur made his debut with the No 10 on his back. In no time, Thakur and the BCCI become the topic of a wave of displeasure and widespread agitation on social media.
To avoid this kind of backlash, TOI has discovered, the BCCI decided to talk over with avid gamers inside the current Indian team to retire the No 10 jersey for International fixtures.
As the ICC guidelines do not permit for a bunch to be retired, and because there's no provision for taking permission from cricket's governing body, the BCCI has mulled unofficially returning Tendulkar's quantity.
"As per the rules, BCCI would have to go to ICC for officially retiring a jersey; so, for the time being the team members have been unofficially told that the No 10 jersey will not to be worn during international fixtures," a supply close to the BCCI informed TOI Sports.
ALSO READ: Shardul Thakur makes India debut wearing jersey no. 10, angers fanatics on Twitter
BCCI to retire Sachin Tendulkar No 10 India blue jersey?
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