Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali at the welcome ceremony of INS Tarkash. Pic/ PTI
Former Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar welcomed an Indian naval frigate – INS Tarkash – on the river Thames in London as hundreds of UK-based Indians cheered for him.
INS Tarkash, a state-of-the art stealth ship, is in the UK for naval exercises and to mark UK India Year of Culture 2017.
The Indian cricket legend was accompanied by his wife Anjali Tendulkar.
INS Tarkash, deployed on an overseas assignment set sail from Mumbai last month, and will be docked in London for sometime,
“It is a very historic moment as this is the first time an Indian stealth frigate has docked at Canary Wharf in London. We wanted Indians based in the UK to come and be part of this unique event,” said Indian deputy high commissioner to the UK, Dinesh K Patnaik, who joined Tendulkar and his wife, Anjali, for a tour of the ship.
With inputs from PTI