New Delhi: The temple town of Kashi saw the convergence of Indian cricketers veterans on Saturday, as the city gets ready for ground-breaking ceremony of an international cricket stadium.
From the likes of Sachin Tendulkar to Gavaskar to Kapil Dev to Ravi Shashtri, many veterans of the Indian cricket visited the Kashi Vishwanath temple today and paid obeisance to Lord Shiva.
Sachin Tendulkar Worshiped In Kashi Vishwanath Temple 🙏#sachintendulkar #kashivishwanath #VaranasiStadium @sachin_rt pic.twitter.com/7GzRc3NT6J
— Sachin Born To Win (@SachinBornToWin) September 23, 2023
The Master Blaster arrived in the city early today and was seen worshipping the Lord Shiva at Kashi Vishwanath temple. The visuals also showed Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsakar offering prayers to the Lord Shiva.
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar arrives in Varanasi where PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of an international cricket stadium today. pic.twitter.com/XlIKllfeQ0
— ANI (@ANI) September 23, 2023
These cricketers are set to attend the stone laying ceremony of an international cricket stadium in Varanasi, which is likely to get ready by 2025. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to lay the foundation stone of this stadium at around 1.30 PM today.
The function will be attended by many cricketing legends and will also be attended by Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) President Roger Binny, Vice-President Rajiv Shukla, General Secretary Jay Shah.
Dignitaries who will attend ground-breaking ceremony of cricket stadium in Varanasi’s Ganjari:
1) Chief minister Yogi Adityanath
2) BCCI president Roger Binny
3) BCCI secretary Jay Shah
4) BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla
5) Former crickert Sachin Tendulkar
6) Former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar,
7) Former cricketerRavi Shastri,
8) Former cricketer Kapil Dev
9) State minister Jaiveer Singh
10) State minister Girish Chandra Yadav, MoS, GOUP
11) Former cricketer Karsan Ghavri
12.) Former cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar,
13) Former cricketer Madan Lal,
14) Former cricketer Gundappa Viswanath,
15) Former cricketer Gopal Sharma
16) MLC Hansraj Vishwakarma,
17) MLA Tribhuvan Ram
18) Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh Poonam Maurya
