Former Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar enters the elite list of ICC Hall of Fame, 2019. This past Thursday (July 18, 2019) the Master Blaster Tendulkar was inducted during a ceremony in London along with South African bowler Allan Donald and Australia's Cathryn Fitzpatrick. Rahul Dravid was the last Indian to get included in ICC Hall of Fame. Sachin Tendulkar made his ODI debut at the age of 16 years against Pakistan on Dec 18th, 1989. Litle Master indeed had a dream run in his cricketing career and took Indian cricket to the next level. Sachin Tendulkar Dream XI After CWC 2019 Includes Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli; Master Blaster Goes For NZ Skipper Kane Williamson As Captain.

During the induction ceremony, Tendulkar said he would like to thank all those who supported him throughout his career, especially his parents, brother Ajit Tendulkar, wife Anjali Tendulkar. He further added that he was lucky to have a mentor and coach like Ramakant Achrekar during his childhood days. Little Master Tendulkar scored 15, 921 runs and 18, 426 runs in Test and ODI respectively. Tendulkar has scored a total of 100 centuries combined in Test and ODI. The other inductees are Proteas fast bowler Allan Donald and former Australian Women's Cricket team bowler Cathryn Fitzpatrick. Allan has taken  33 wickets in Tests while 272 in ODIs. While Cathryn has taken 180 wickets from 109 matches in ODIs. Cathryn Fitzpatrick is the eighth Australian to get inducted into ICC Hall of Fame. Sachin Tendulkar Pays Tribute to Childhood Coach Ramakant Achrekar On Guru Purnima 2019.

Little Master Enters ICC Hall of Fame

ICC Hall of Fame Inductees

ICC Pays Tribute To Sachin Tendulkar after Inducting Him in ICC Hall of Fame

When Rahul Dravid was inducted in ICC Hall of Fame last year, there were questions raised on ICC as to why World's greatest player hasn't been inducted. ICC later justified that, as per their book a person can be entered in Hall of Fame after he completes the retirement span of five years and Sachin last played for India in the year 2013 against West Indies in a Test Match at Mumbai. Apart fro Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, other famous Indian cricketers who have entered ICC Hall of Fame are Bishen Singh Bedi (2009), Kapil Dev (2009), Sunil Gavaskar (2009) and Anil Kumble (2015).

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