For the second successive time the International Cricket Council today announced Sachin Tendulkar as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ambassador. In the previous event, which was co-hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka in 2011 he was appointed as Ambessador.
Sachin Tendulkar, in his role as ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ambassador will promote and support a variety of ICC initiatives to enhance the profile of the tournament will take place in Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March.
Commenting on his appointment, Sachin said: “I am delighted and honoured to be appointed ICC Cricket World Cup Ambassador for the second successive time.
Tendulkar retired from international cricket last year after representing his country in 200 Tests, 463 One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International. In a career spanning 24 years, the 41 year-old scored a total of 34,357 international runs and 100 centuries. He is the all time leading run-getter in World Cup history with 2,278 runs in 45 matches at an average of 56.95. For his 673 runs in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, he was awarded player of the tournament as India finished runner-up to Australia.
