Tribute to Sachin, 200 sand cricket bats at Puri beach

Ahead of Sachin Tendulkar's 200th and last test match at Mumbai, sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik created 200 bats from sand at the sea beach at Puri today.

"I am a great fan of the master blaster. Earlier I have also created sand sculptures on his different records," Pattnaik, who was assisted by his students in creating the sand sculpture, said.

A large number of tourists tourists and cricket fans gathered to view the sculpture which bore the inscription 'The God of cricket'.