On This Day In 2013: Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid Performed Their Ultimate Franchise Fit

It was once on at the present time 8 years in the past, when Grasp Blaster Sachin Tendulkar donned Mumbai Indians jersey for the overall time. Curiously, this fit was once additionally the final look for Rahul Dravid for Rajasthan Royals. Underneath the management of Rohit Sharma, Tendulkar performed the Champions League T20 ultimate towards Rajasthan Royals. Tendulkar bowed out on a top as Mumbai Indians gained the identify after defeating the Royals via 33 runs within the summit conflict.

Batting first, Mumbai Indians posted a complete of 202/6 within the allocated 20 overs and it was once Dwayne Smith who top-scored for the aspect, enjoying a knock of 44 runs.

Tendulkar controlled to attain simply 15 runs whilst Glenn Maxwell scored a quick-fire 37 off simply 14 balls with the assistance of 4 fours and a couple of sixes.

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Rajasthan Royals have been now not ready to chase the objective and the aspect was once bundled out for 169. For Mumbai, Harbhajan Singh returned with 4 wickets and he was once adjudged as Guy of the Fit.

Tendulkar is lately the mentor of Mumbai Indians whilst Dravid is the top of the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA). Dravid had additionally coached the Indian group for the collection towards Sri Lanka previous this yr.