KOCHI: The master blaster, who co-owns a soccer team called Kerala Blasters, has bought one of the villas developed on the bank of a scenic backwater area in Kochi, sources said.
"Tendulkar will be visiting the place to see the 'Blue Waters Villa' on Saturday," an official at the private developer Prime Meridian said.
Speaking about the features of the villa, the official said in addition to the water body in all the villas, there are two swimming pools - one in the rooftop of the apartment and second an infinity pool in the waterfront of the project.
A high resolution CCTV camera inside the project with recording to be viewed from the security cabin, video phone to communicate with visitors and 24 hour manned security with intercom facility to communicate with each villa are some of the features, he added.
Tendulkar's bond with Kerala strengthened since the inaugural Indian Super League tournament last year. He even took to twitter to wish Keralites on Onam.
Earlier on Friday, the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) announced that it is all set to name one of its stadiums after Sachin Tendulkar.
KCA president T.C. Mathew said on Friday that while there was a pavilion at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here named after Tendulkar, the KCA was going to name a stadium after him.
"We have not decided which one because we have the newly opened cricket stadium in Wayanad and we have other stadiums also that are fast nearing completion. The decision will be taken shortly. He (Sachin) will also be consulted," Mathew told IANS.
The new stadium built by the KCA in Wayanad recently hosted the two four-day matches between South Africa A and India A. It is one of the most scenic grounds in the country, with mountains on three sides.
Mathew added that the KCA plans to work closely with Tendulkar as in another two years they will set up a state-of-the-art cricket ground in each of the 14 districts of Kerala.
"What we are planning is a multi-sports facility centre attached to each of our upcoming cricket grounds. We are interested in providing facilities for our new generation in other sports also. We wish to speak to Tendulkar if he will be willing to partner us in this project," said Mathew.
Tendulkar was the goodwill ambassador of the 2015 National Games and also led the Run Kerala Run -- an event to promote the National Games -- that wrote itself into the record books for the massive turnout.
Tendulkar also co-owns Indian Super League (ISL) team Kerala Blasters and is arriving here on Saturday to take part in a function. He is reportedly planning to buy a home in Kerala.
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