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Former India Test Player Vinoo Mankad, Among 9 Others Inducted Into ICC Hall of Fame Cricket
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Former India Test Player Vinoo Mankad, Among 9 Others Inducted Into ICC Hall of Fame

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Mumbai, June 13, 2021: Ahead of the World Test Championship Final between Indian and New Zealand, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted 10 players from five different eras, dating back to cricket's early days, into the Hall of Fame for their contribution to Test cricket. ## "The 10 legends of the game to be inducted have all made a significant contribution to the history of Test cricket, and join an illustrious list of ICC Hall of Famers, taking the total number to 103 as a result of this intake", the ICC said in a statement.## Among the 10 players, former India all-rounder Vinoo Mankad has also made the cut into the list of Hall of Famer. Manked played 44 Tests for India and scored 2109 runs with 5 hundred and 6 half-centuries between 1956 and 1959. He is famous for his world record-setting opening partnership of 413 runs with Pankaj Roy in 1956, a record that stood for 52 years. ## Manked was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and took 162 wickets at an average of 32.32, including eight five-wicket hauls. He is one of three cricketers to have batted in every position during his Test career. ## Apart from Manked, Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara, and Zimbabwe's Andy Flower - two of the most prolific wicketkeeper-batsman in Test history, also included in the list. Sangakkara becomes the only second Sri Lankan after Muttiah Muralitharan whereas Flower becomes the first player from Zimbabwe to make it to the Hall of Fame. ## Among the other inductees are Aubrey Faulkner of South Africa and Monty Noble of Australia for the early era (pre-1918), Sir Learie Constantine of West Indies and Stan McCabe of Australia for the inter-war Era (1918-1945), Ted Dexter of England for the post-war Era (1946-1970). Desmond Haynes of the West Indies and Bob Willis of England were inducted from the ODI era (1971-1995). ## "Vinoo Mankad's legacy has been to tell the aspiring Indian cricketer to believe in oneself", former Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar said on Mankad's induction. "He was a great proponent of self-belief. He was the one who kept saying to me that you need to keep scoring runs and keep at it. When you get a 100, let that be the knock on the selector's door. If it is unheard, then score that double hundred and let that knock be even louder". ## "You can have the best technique, but if you do not have the temperament to support it you will not succeed, you have to keep hanging in there and have that self-belief. That was the greatest lesson I learned from him", Gavaskar added. ## Stay tuned...

Sachin Tendulkar Inducted In ICC Hall Of Fame Cricket
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Sachin Tendulkar Inducted In ICC Hall Of Fame

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Sachin Tendulkar, the former India captain, and legend of the game has been inducted in ICC's Hall Of Fame along with South Afric's Allan Donald, and Australia's one of the finest women cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick on Thursday at a ceremony in London.## Sachin Tendulkar becomes the sixth Indian after Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev, Bishan Singh Bedi, and Sunil Gavaskar to be inducted in Hall Of Fame.## The batting maestro is all-time leading run-getter in international cricket with over 34,000 runs and also has the most number of centuries (100) in international matches (Tests, ODIs, T20Is). He played his last match in November 2013 against West Indies which was the 200th Test match of his career. He has also played 463 ODIs.## "On this occasion, I would like to thank all of those who were by my side over a long international career. My parents, brother Ajit and wife Anjali have been pillars of strength while I was lucky to have someone like coach Ramakant Achrekar as an early guide and mentor," Tendulkar said.## South Africa's Allan Donald, one of the inductees, has picked 330 wickets in Tests and 272 in ODIs. He was arguably South Africa's finest fast bowler. "The biggest shock when you open an e-mail like that - it says congratulations Allan Donald, you have been inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame! It hits you, it hits you quite hard because it is a prestigious award and something that you can't take lightly. ## I thank the ICC for the huge honor. It all immediately takes you back to where you started. The reflection is of such a nature that everything that you have done in your career since you were a little boy starts to creep into your head. There are so many people to thank who have influenced my life - as mentors, as coaches," Donald said.## Fitzpatrick, former Australian pacer helped Australia to win two ICC Women's Cricket World Cups and was the fastest bowler of her generation and finished her career with 60 and 180 wickets in 13 Tests and 109 ODIs respectively. She is the only eighth woman to win this award. ## Follow for more...