Sachin Tendulkar, who has six World Cups including a victorious one in 2011 on his cricketing CV, reckons batsmen-friendly pitches will be dished out at the forthcoming edition in UK. "I am told it's going to be hot summer. Even at the Champions Trophy [in 2017], the wickets were superb. When the sun is out and it is hot, the wickets get really flat. I'm sure there will be beautiful tracks to bat on," the cricket icon said on the sidelines of the Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy camp at the MIG Cricket Club, Bandra (East) yesterday.

Tendulkar played the 1999 World Cup in England where he scored 253 runs in seven matches. His highest score was an unbeaten 140 against Kenya at Bristol, scored on his return from his father Ramesh's funeral. Tendulkar Sr passed away during the World Cup and Tendulkar was forced to miss the match against Zimbabwe at Leicester where Mohammed Azharuddin's men were stunned by the Zimbabweans, who won by three runs. This batting great felt a good show in any format — like in the ongoing IPL T20 competition — will help boost the players' confidence for the May 30-July 14) World Cup.