in India from September 17 to October 6.
"The prospects of Sachin playing for the Indian T20 League champions, Mumbai, in the World T20 League is bright," a senior Indian T20 League official told PTI today. "Since the tournament will be held in India this time, the Mumbai management has requested Tendulkar to at least consider playing this tournament. Mumbai has a huge fan base all over India and Tendulkar's presence definitely becomes a big factor," the official added.
Tendulkar announced his retirement from the Indian T20 League at the end of the final match, but what might prompt him to take part in the World T20 League is the timing of the tournament.
"Since Sachin has already retired from ODIs, he won't get a lot of match practice before the Ranji Trophy. The format may be T20 but some serious 'match-time' out there in the middle will help him get into the groove as he prepares for the tough South Africa tour," the official added.
However it is not clear whether Mumbai Indians skipper Ricky Ponting will be summoned by the franchise for the World T20 League tournament considering he didn't set the stage on fire while playing in the six matches of the Indian T20 League.
Another former India captain Rahul Dravid has already made it clear that World League T20 will be the last tournament of his competitive career.
According to sources in the BCCI, there is a plan to take the tournament to smaller centres which can evoke better response than the top cities where the tournament hasn't really got the level of acceptance that one would have expected. "Dharamshala, Ranchi are some of the centres which are being looked at possible choices for hosting World T20 League matches," sources said.
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