Tendulkar relishing opportunity to be paired up with Lara at Lord's bicentenary match

Retired Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar has said that he is relishing the opportunity to be paired up with West Indies great Brian Lara at Lord's stadium in England for an exhibition match to mark its bicentenary anniversary.

The Marylebone Cricket Club had confirmed last month that Lara would join MCC XI captained by Tendulkar and the team would also include Australia's Aaron Finch, India's Rahul Dravid and Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal.

According to Sport24, Tendulkar said that he and Lara had played together in 1994 in Toronto in the Sky Dome, adding that they played for the same team and had a wonderful partnership, so he is hoping for another one this time.

The MCC XI would reportedly play a Rest of the World XI captained by former Australia leg spinner Shane Warne and featuring Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan and England's Kevin Pietersen in a 50-over match on July 5.

Tendulkar also said that it has always been a joy playing against Lara, adding that he loved watching the West Indian scoring runs against other nations, but not India.