By Ashis Ray, IANS
London : Sunil Gavaskar, the legendary Indian batsman and now a broadcaster and writer on cricket, has said he would like to see Sachin Tendulkar continue his career until the World Cup in 2011, which is scheduled to be co-hosted by India, with the final slated to be held in Mumbai.
Gavaskar, who is one of the expert commentators on BBC's Test Match Special programme covering the present India-England test match, made his remarks in course of a discussion on BBC Radio on Tendulkar during one of the breaks in play.
The reason for his suggestion was that the people of India should get the privilege of giving Tendulkar a farewell. Tendulkar will be 38 in 2011, generally considered too old to play one-day cricket, although Brian Lara made his last appearance at the same age in this year's World Cup.
Gavaskar himself had made his final bow in one-day cricket in the World Cup in India in 1987. This was, in fact, at his home ground of Wankhede Stadium, when India, despite being favourites, lost in the semi-final here to England.
Referring to Tendulkar's centuries, Gavaskar felt 100 international hundreds can be achieved by him, with 50 tons in one-day internationals a nearer target. Tendulkar has 41 three-figure innings in ODIs.