WATCH: Sachin Tendulkar gets grand reception from fans during captains day ahead of International Masters League

Fans eagerly await the International Masters League 2025, as the former legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar is set to play for the India Masters in the tournament. The Master Blaster will lead the Men in Blue in the tournament. The Indian squad will include some of the Indian stars who served Indian cricket at the highest level of the game.

Meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar received a grand reception on the captain’s day ahead of the start of the tournament’s main round. A video is circulating on social media in which fans can be seen cheering very loudly for Sachin Tendulkar as he made his entry to join the other captains.

This video immediately went viral on social media as soon as it was shared by a cricket fan on X (formerly Twitter).

“CRAZE FOR SACHIN TENDULKAR DURING INTERNATIONAL MASTERS LEAGUE CAPTAIN'S DAY. God of Cricket returns to 22 yards on February 22nd for the first match of IML against SriLanka Masters,” wrote the cricket fan in the captain of the video post he shared on X.

Here’s the video:

CRAZE FOR SACHIN TENDULKAR DURING INTERNATIONAL MASTERS LEAGUE CAPTAIN'S DAY. 🐐

- God of Cricket returns to 22 yards on February 22nd for the first match of IML against SriLanka Masters. pic.twitter.com/7O61iC9MoN

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 20, 2025

With this viral video, it can be understood that the craze and fandom of India’s all-time batting great Sachin Tendulkar is still there, even after more than a decade of his retirement from international cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar-led India Masters will start their campaign with the tournament opener against Sri Lanka Masters on February 22, at 7:30 PM. The game will be played at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.

Here’s a look at India’s squad for the International Masters League 2025

Sachin Tendulkar (C), Ambati Rayudu, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Binny, Yusuf Pathan, Naman Ojha (WK), Abhimanyu Mithun, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pawan Negi, Rahul Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, and Vinay Kumar.

Five players from India Masters’ squad had won the World Cup (T20 or ODI) while playing for the national side of India.