Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was introduced in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame in Dubai, getting the cap commemorating the Hall of Fame and fellow teammate Kapil Dev.
Gavaskar is an initial squad of 55 at the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, launched in January 2009 in association with the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA), as part of the Centennial Year of the ICC. He now joins a club that includes 72 cricketers male and female.
In the presence of the chief executive Haroon Lorgat and ICC Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail former, Ramiz Raja and Waqar Younis, Gavaskar took the lid of Dev in front of a select gathering Wednesday.
One of the scouts of the greatest opening match, Gavaskar represented India in 125 test matches, captain in 47 of those games, and also played in 108 ODIs. During an illustrious career spanning 16 years from 1971 to 1987, the 62-year-old scored 10,122 Test runs at an average of 51.12. He also scored 3,092 ODI runs with his century coming only in the 1987 World Cup against New Zealand at Nagpur.
He was also a member of India's squad that won the World Cup in England in 1983, defeating West Indies by 43 runs.
Gavaskar is the first batsman to complete 10,000 Test runs and also the first to score 30 Test centuries, achieving the feat against Pakistan during the 1986-87 Test series against West Indies and in Chennai, during the test series 1983-84, respectively.
Gavaskar was delighted to receive the cap.
"It's a great honor because it's peers in the game that decides who will be introduced in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. It took some time to coordinate the presentation, but finally it's there and I'm glad that I have been sworn in," he said a statement by the ICC.
Gavaskar was thrilled to receive the cover Dev who was their captain in the triumph of 1983.
"Kapil is someone who I regard as the greatest Indian cricketer to receive this cover and it is a very big advantage, a very great honor.
"Kapil and I had some wonderful times playing in the Indian team. Being part of the World Cup winner is a memory that will always stay with me. Kapil lift the cup in the Lord is something I'll always treasure and, therefore, to receive Cover it makes this occasion even more special. "
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame - initial inductees (55): Sydney Barnes, Bishen Singh Bedi, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Allan Border, Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Donald Bradman, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Denis Compton, Colin Cowdrey, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Lance Gibbs, Graham Gooch, David Gower, WG Grace, Tom Graveney, Gordon Greenidge, Richard Hadlee, Walter Hammond, Neil Harvey, George Headley, Jack Hobbs, Michael Holding, Leonard Hutton, Rohan Kanhai, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Jim Laker, Harold Larwood, Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Clive Lloyd, Hanif Mohammad, Rodney Marsh, Malcolm Marshall, Peter May, Javed Miandad, Keith Miller, Bill O'Reilly, Graeme Pollock, Wilfred Rhodes, Barry Richards, Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Garfield Sobers, Brian Statham, Fred Trueman, Derek Underwood, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Frank Woolley, Frank Worrell.
Gavaskar is an initial squad of 55 at the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, launched in January 2009 in association with the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA), as part of the Centennial Year of the ICC. He now joins a club that includes 72 cricketers male and female.
In the presence of the chief executive Haroon Lorgat and ICC Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail former, Ramiz Raja and Waqar Younis, Gavaskar took the lid of Dev in front of a select gathering Wednesday.
One of the scouts of the greatest opening match, Gavaskar represented India in 125 test matches, captain in 47 of those games, and also played in 108 ODIs. During an illustrious career spanning 16 years from 1971 to 1987, the 62-year-old scored 10,122 Test runs at an average of 51.12. He also scored 3,092 ODI runs with his century coming only in the 1987 World Cup against New Zealand at Nagpur.
He was also a member of India's squad that won the World Cup in England in 1983, defeating West Indies by 43 runs.
Gavaskar is the first batsman to complete 10,000 Test runs and also the first to score 30 Test centuries, achieving the feat against Pakistan during the 1986-87 Test series against West Indies and in Chennai, during the test series 1983-84, respectively.
Gavaskar was delighted to receive the cap.
"It's a great honor because it's peers in the game that decides who will be introduced in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. It took some time to coordinate the presentation, but finally it's there and I'm glad that I have been sworn in," he said a statement by the ICC.
Gavaskar was thrilled to receive the cover Dev who was their captain in the triumph of 1983.
"Kapil is someone who I regard as the greatest Indian cricketer to receive this cover and it is a very big advantage, a very great honor.
"Kapil and I had some wonderful times playing in the Indian team. Being part of the World Cup winner is a memory that will always stay with me. Kapil lift the cup in the Lord is something I'll always treasure and, therefore, to receive Cover it makes this occasion even more special. "
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame - initial inductees (55): Sydney Barnes, Bishen Singh Bedi, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Allan Border, Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Donald Bradman, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Denis Compton, Colin Cowdrey, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Lance Gibbs, Graham Gooch, David Gower, WG Grace, Tom Graveney, Gordon Greenidge, Richard Hadlee, Walter Hammond, Neil Harvey, George Headley, Jack Hobbs, Michael Holding, Leonard Hutton, Rohan Kanhai, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Jim Laker, Harold Larwood, Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Clive Lloyd, Hanif Mohammad, Rodney Marsh, Malcolm Marshall, Peter May, Javed Miandad, Keith Miller, Bill O'Reilly, Graeme Pollock, Wilfred Rhodes, Barry Richards, Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Garfield Sobers, Brian Statham, Fred Trueman, Derek Underwood, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Frank Woolley, Frank Worrell.
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