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The news would bring immense joy to all Sachin fans that he is ready steady to play his 200th Test match on home soil accompanying the BCCI making an effort to squeeze in a series against the West Indies in advance of the year-end tour of South Africa. The determination to invite West Indies for two Tests as well as one dayers was into prominence at the working committee held at Kolkata.

Furthermore, it become known that they have sent a proposal to the West Indies Cricket Board in this regard. They have gone with a particular instance of this feeling regarding working out the condition of being modal for the series. In fact, the series against West Indies will provide Tendulkar a scope to conclude the historic milestone of playing 200Tests in front of home fans. It was known that Mumbai along with Kolkata are the apparently destined venues for the much  looked forward to matches as well as the final decision will be taken by the BCCI's tours and fixtures committee.  This has also elevated speculation that Tendulkar may call it discontinue from the games subsequent to this series.

The world champion batsman has so far played 198 Tests, scoring 15,838 runs at an average of 53.86 having in track record 51 hundreds in the five-day format. The champion who has retired from ODIs as well as Twenty20s known to have played 463 50-over games scoring 18.426 runs at an average of 44.83. The master blaster who has retired from ODIs and Twenty20s, played 463 50-over games scoring 18.426 runs at an average of 44.83. He was known to have stricken 49 hundreds in the process.

The BCCI official expressed that the working committee did not have any discussion on the South Africa series, which India need to finalise in succession to refusing an account of a journey proposed by Cricket South Africa. The official brought out the prominence while saying that the BCCI Annual General Meeting to be held in Chennai on September 29 will be chaired by N Srinivasan, who stepped aside as Board President in the wake of the IPL spot-fixing scandal.  On the other hand Interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya will scrutinize into the day-to-day functioning of the Board till the AGM.  It was also known from the BCCI official that the BCCI disciplinary committee will meet up in Delhi on September 13 having an intention to discuss the Board's anti-corruption unit chief Ravi Sawani's report on the spot-fixing scandal.

Ready steady to play!

(AW:SB)