Kolkata: Entire nation, particulalry Kolkata is up in celebrations where Sachin Tendulkar would be playing penultimate test Wednesday but he is reportedly ‘unhappy' with Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) officials' attempts to go overboard with their celebrations.
Sachin would make his last appearance here for his 199th Test match in his farewell series against the West Indies.
There were contradictory statements from two joint secretaries of CAB with Sujan Mukherjee admitting that the maestro indeed was not amused with all the arrangements while the other joint secretary Subir Ganguly said that everything was under control.
Tendulkar was the first to step down from the team bus on Monday morning, confetti were burst near the gate, while 80 schoolchildren wearing T-shirts with the Mumbai batsman's photo and 199 written on the back, lined up till the dressing room to greet the senior-most cricketer.
If that was not enough, the CAB tried to do a Madame Tussauds erecting a life-like wax figure of Tendulkar next to the dressing room entrance but the finesse was missing in the statue with the face not exactly resembling the icon.
According to sources, Tendulkar reportedly said he's not bigger than the sport and it's not him only there are 14 other players who are part of the Indian squad.
“I too heard that Tendulkar was upset with the confetti burst and other things. He also cancelled his visit to a photo exhibition at the Bhowanipore Tent,” senior joint secretary Mukherjee said.
It is learnt that the CAB officials later did some damage control as Tendulkar came and gave a photo-op near the wax statue and praised the wax craftsman Susanta Ray.
“Sachin and everyone else in the team were happy with the grand arrangements,” Ganguly said.
