Sachin Tendulkar's signed 2011 IPL cricket bat, signed to the face in black marker pen BEST WISHES, SACHIN TENDULKAR, an Adidas ''Master Blaster'' Eng

Sachin Tendulkar's signed 2011 IPL cricket bat, signed to the face in black marker pen BEST WISHES, SACHIN TENDULKAR, an Adidas ''Master Blaster'' English willow cricket bat with decals to face and reverse, both inscribed SACHIN TENDULKAR, black rubber handle grip, clear tape repairs to wear and damage that occurred in play A rare opportunity to acquire a match-used bat from Indian cricket icon Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar whose place in the Pantheon of all-time cricketing greats is assured. The bat has been personally donated for the auction by Mr Tendulkar and is accompanied with a signed letter of authenticity from the ''Little Master''. Sachin Tendulkar used this bat during the Mumbai Indians' 2011 Indian Premier League campaign. He scored 553 runs, the third highest total in this year's tournament, and was one of an elite group of six players who scored a century, hitting 100 not out off 66 balls against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in Mumbai. Since the IPL's inauguration in 2008 Sachin Tendulkar has accumulated a total of 1,723 runs at an average of 40.06 and at a strike rate of 120.15. He has scored one century, 10 fifties and struck 20 sixes and 218 fours. Only Suresh Raina, who has had nine more visits to the crease, lies ahead of Tendulkar in the all time runs list. QUOTE UNQUOTE ''I saw him [Sachin Tendulkar] playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two high compactness, technique, stroke production it all seemed to gel.'' Sir Don Bradman