Tendulkar said they were voting for the betterment of Mumbai's cricket. "Everyone has turned up [to vote] in the interest of Mumbai Cricket Association. Whatever Mumbai has been able to achieve in the past so many years should continue," Tendulkar said at the Wankhede Stadium. Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Chandrakant Patankar, 88, was the oldest Test cricketer to cast his vote. "It's a good thing. Now, cricketers may enter administration in more numbers and contribute to the game as well as their association."

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