Tendulkar plays friendly match alongside children in Kirtipur
KATHMANDU: Former Indian national team skipper Sachin Tendulkar played alongside school children in friendly cricket match at TU Stadium on Saturday. Team Sachin won the game by nine wickets.
Tendulkar, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket, came to Kathmandu to take part in the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) programme as its goodwill ambassador.
नमस्ते Nepal ??!
Happy to be here in Kathmandu. Such a beautiful city! pic.twitter.com/YFTJwiXFZ2
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 16, 2019
Binod Das, former Nepali national team captain, also joined him for the event organised on the occasion of 30 years of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The programme hopes to promote the values of physical fitness, proper nutrition and choices that positively impact children's health.
Earlier, the UNICEF Nepal had invited former England International David Beckham in 2015. Beckman, also the goodwill ambassador of UNICEF, visited Bhaktapur Durbar Square and played a charity match with school children at Taumadi.
Sachin had arrived in Nepal on Friday night and is scheduled to return today.
