The 'God' of cricket Sachin Tendulkar said goodbye to cricket in the year 2013. He has been away from international cricket for 11 years. Meanwhile, big news has come out about Sachin Tendulkar. Actually, Sachin Tendulkar is going to return to the cricket field. This return of Sachin is going to be even more interesting because he is going to make an 'international' comeback as a captain. Actually, a new tournament is going to start in which Sachin Tendulkar will be seen leading the Indian team. The name of this new league is International Masters League (IML) which will start from November 17. Apart from India, teams from Sri Lanka, Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies will also participate in this league.

Sachin Tendulkar last captained the Indian cricket team 24 years ago. He played a test match for Team India as captain in March 2000. After this, he handed over the captaincy of Team India to Sourav Ganguly. Now once again Sachin will be seen taking charge of Team India, which the fans are eagerly waiting for.

The captains of the first season of IML are as follows:-
India: Sachin Tendulkar
West Indies: Brian Lara
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara
Australia: Shane Watson
England: Eoin Morgan
South Africa: Jacques Kallis

The International Masters League will start at D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, where the first four matches will be played. It will start with an exciting match between India and Sri Lanka on November 17, in which Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara will face each other as captains. In the next match, Shane Watson's Australia will face Jacques Kallis' South Africa and later Sri Lanka will face Eoin Morgan's England. Brian Lara's West Indies team will make its debut against Australia in the fourth match.

Full schedule of International Masters League (IML) 2024
Mumbai, D.Y. Patil Stadium

17 November: India vs Sri Lanka (7:30 PM)

18 November: Australia vs South Africa (7:30 PM)

19 November: Sri Lanka vs England (7:30 PM)

20 November: West Indies vs Australia (7:30 PM)

Lucknow (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium)

21 November: India vs South Africa

23 November: South Africa vs England

24 November: India vs Australia

25 November: West Indies vs Sri Lanka

26 November: England vs Australia

27 November: West Indies vs South Africa

Raipur (Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium)

28 November- India vs England (7:30 PM)

30 November- Sri Lanka vs England (7:30 PM)

01 December- India vs West Indies (7:30 PM)

02 December- Sri Lanka vs Australia (7:30 PM)
03 December - West Indies vs England (7:30 PM)
05 December - Semi-Final 1 (7:30 PM)
06 December - Semi-Final 2 (7:30 PM)
08 December - Final (7:30 PM)