Virender Sehwag, Diana Edulji, and Aravinda de Silva be part of ICC Corridor of Fame

With these 3 extra additions, there’ll now be 112 cricketers to be on the ICC Corridor of Fame checklist. Talking of India, presently eight Indian cricketers maintain the celebrated honour for his or her stellar achievements. They embrace: Sunil Gavaskar, Bishan Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Vinoo Mankad, Diana Edulji, Virendra Sehwag.  

Coming again to ICC’s three new additions, it states that Sehwag had dynamism a harmful opener of the trendy period holds a file that’s nonetheless arduous to match. He’s the primary Indian with a Triple century and has in actual fact scored two Triple Tons of.

All through his outstanding profession, Sehwag amassed 23 Check centuries, which ranks him seventh amongst Indian males’s gamers. His biggest rating of 319 in opposition to South Africa in Chennai in 2008 was the very best of any Indian participant in historical past. Through the 2011 World Cup, he had contributed to India successful their second World Cup as of all of the gamers, his 380 runs in the course of the competitors ranked eighth. In his profession, he performed 104 exams, 251 ODI and 19 T20s. 

As per ICC, Sehwag has performed: 

104 Checks: 8,586 runs at a mean of 49.34, 40 wickets

251 ODIs: 8,273 runs at a mean of 35.05, 96 wickets

19 T20Is: 394 runs at a mean of 21.88

Diana Edulji

With this status honour, Edulji has grow to be the first Indian feminine inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame. As per ICC assertion, Edulji participated in three ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cups, main India as captain in 1978 and 1993, when she claimed 14 wickets. In her second Check match, she scored half century whereas eight years later, in Delhi, she had the best bowling stats of 6-64 in opposition to Australia.

Edulji took up the position of administrator with Western Railways and labored arduous to create alternatives for employment for girls cricketers, as acknowledged by ANI. She additionally performed an influential position in creating the sports activities coverage of Western and Indian Railways.

Talking of the Corridor of Fame honour, Edulji stated, “It certainly is a superb honour to be the primary Indian Ladies Cricketer to be inducted and be part of a galaxy of cricketers, female and male from internationally. I’m delighted to be thought of for this award. It isn’t solely a proud second for me, my household and mates but additionally for BCCI and Indian Ladies’s Cricket,” as quoted by ICC.

Aravinda de Silva

The third inductee of the ICC Corridor of Fame was a winner of the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup with Sri Lanka in 1996. The Sri Lankan batter was recognized for his consistency, scoring 20 Check centuries throughout an 18-year worldwide profession which is the third most by any Sri Lanka males’s participant. His experience with the bat wasn’t restricted within the red-ball format, in white-ball cricket he has 11 centuries to his title. In 93 Check matches, Silva scored 6,361 runs at a mean of 42.97. Coming to ODIs, he featured in 308 video games and scored 9,284 runs at a mean of 34.90.

“I’m crammed with profound gratitude as I settle for the immense honour of being inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame. This achievement is a tribute to the dedication, sacrifice, and love which have formed my cricketing journey,” he stated as quoted by ICC.

(With inputs from ANI, PTI, ICC)

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Up to date: 13 Nov 2023, 01:42 PM IST