A veritable army of famous faces are in the stands at Wankhede Stadium watching Sachin Tendulkar play his 200th and final test match. Among them is actor Aamir Khan, a close friend and longtime fan of Sachin, who played a cricket hero himself in the acclaimed 2001 movie Lagaan.
Aamir, who is known to be a sports-lover, was also invited into the commentary box at Wankhede, joining Ravi Shastri and Harsha Bhogle. Given the microphone, he said: "The moment I got the dates of this match, I made myself available and made sure I come and see this. I knew I couldn't have missed it for anything. I'm a big Sachin fan and too was disappointed with Dhoni's decision to field."
India are playing West Indies and many have expressed disappointment at Indian skipper M S Dhoni's decision to put the opposing team into bat first which means that those watching will have to wait quite a while for Sachin to bat, very much the main attraction of the match.
Aamir, dressed in a blue T-shirt and minus his Dhoom: 3 bowler hat he's been inseparable from these last few weeks, is watching the match with his Lagaan director Ashutosh Gowariker.
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