South Africa to honour TENDULKAR

Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced special plans for its fans in Durban as it decided to honour Sachin Tendulkar and Makhaya Ntini.

     The two will be honoured at the historic Standard Bank International Pro20 match at the Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban on 9 January, 2011, which will be the cherry on the top of a year of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first indentured Indian labourers to South Africa in the city on 16 November, 1860.
     The two teams will battle it out for the inaugural Krish Mackerdhuj Trophy, named after a veteran South African Indian sports administrator.
     The match will be followed by the New Age Friendship Celebration Concert, teaming up leading local artists with Bollywood heavyweights Shahrukh, Anil Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra.

        CSA CEO Gerald Majola said: "This match will be a singular commemoration of the close relationship between South Africa and India in cricket, cultural and commercial links going back over decades.


      "Sachin is the only remaining playing member of the Indian team that played the first match against South Africa both at home and away after our unity, in the first team to tour South Africa and now he is here again to celebrate with us this historic match.