Tendulkar inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday was inducted into the ICC ICC Hall of Fame along with South
Africa's Allan Donald and Australia's Cathryn Fitzpatrick in a ceremony in London.
HIGHLIGHTS
1. Sachin Tendulkar 6th Indian to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
2. South Africa's Allan Donald and Australia's Cathryn Fitzpatrick were the other two names to be honoured on Thursday
3. Rahul Dravid was the last Indian to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame
Tendulkar, who played 200 Tests and holds the record for the most number of Test runs and Test hundreds, became the sixth Indian batsmen to be given the honour and was inducted soon after he became eligible for induction.
ICC guidelines dictate that a player be internationally retired for at least five years. Tendulkar played his last Test match in November 2013.
Tendulkar, the most prolific batsman in history, was inducted immediately after becoming eligible for induction, which requires that a player should have played his last international match at least five years before.
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Tendulkar, who retired in November 2013, tallied 15,921 runs in Tests and 18,426 in ODIs, both of which remain records. He is the sixth Indian to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
The Australian Fitzpatrick became the eighth woman to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. She was pivotal in Australia's triumphs in two ICC Women's World Cups.
The 2011 World Cup-winner in total played a total of 664 international games across all the formats and scored 34,357 runs. He is also the only person to score 100 international centuries and the first person to score a double century in ODI cricket.
What statement is given For Sachin ?
"If I start with Free State cricket back in the day, then the legendary Hansie Cronje's dad Mr Ewie Cronje, helped me through school and college cricket and then there was my uncle Des Donald who was very hard on me. Bob Woolmer was a mentor, we clicked in international cricket and he showed me the road to success."
Talking about the induction, Fitzpatrick said: "To gain recognition alongside many of the games' giants is a huge honour. I look at the list of past inductees and what stands out most is not only their outstanding talent but that they were game-changers. They took the game on and changed the way it was played."
Fitzpatrick is the second-highest wicket-taker of all time in women's cricket with 180 ODI scalps and 60 in Tests.
As a coach, she guided the Australian women's team to three World Cup titles.
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