Cricket legend and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the brand ambassador of a newly-launched pleasure cruise along with his former Australian opponents, Shane Warne and Brett Lee. The pleasure trip provides the guests an opportunity to mix with top ex-cricketers and show business personalities. The cruise journey, starting in March, will include trips to destinations in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, apart from India. It is a new initiative undertaken by CEO Somesh Jagga and Vice-Chairman Josh Hill of Monarch Cruise.

The 40-year-old cricket icon said that the idea to join the cruise was floated to him when he met former Australia tearaway fast bowler Lee in London.

“I feel its a great opportunity for Indians who love travelling and it’s money worth spending. When the cruise is in Mumbai I will spend an evening there,” said the scorer of 100 international hundreds and the only player to appear in 200 Test matches.

The cruise offers four seven-day legs, two 13-day trips and one 26-day travelling experience. The cabins on the cruise are available from Rs 79,000 per person going up to Rs 8.4 lakh (twin pricing) for a 13-day travel.

 Vocabulary 

• Pleasure means a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment.
• Cruise means sail about in an area without a precise destination, especially for pleasure.
• Tearaway means a person who behaves in a wild or reckless manner.