The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday, introduced the cricketers inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame as the category of 2023.
Former ICC ODI World Cup winners Aravinda de Silva and Virender Sehwag have been inducted as a part of the Class of 2023 together with pioneering Indian ladies’s cricketer, Diana Edulji.
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De Silva, Edulji and Sehwag will be part of as inductees quantity 110, 111 and 112 respectively.
The three legends will probably be honoured throughout the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup semi-final between India and New Zealand on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
De Silva loved a 19-year worldwide profession for Sri Lanka, notably taking part in a starring position of their memorable run to victory on the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup in 1996.
Sehwag was additionally a pivotal determine within the World Cup successful marketing campaign for India in 2011, and his record-breaking profession spanned 14 years and over 17,000 runs in worldwide cricket.
Edulji turns into the primary Indian feminine inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame due to a 17-year worldwide taking part in profession and her pioneering position in establishing probably the most profitable home group in Indian ladies’s cricket historical past.
“We’re thrilled to announce Aravinda, Diana and Virender as the newest group of legends to be inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame,” mentioned ICC Chief Government Officer, Geoff Allardice.
“Their lasting contributions to cricket imply they’re richly deserving of their standing within the ICC Corridor of Fame and we stay up for celebrating the Class of 2023 in Mumbai later this week.”
Sehwag mentioned: “I want to thank the ICC and the jury for inducting me with this honour. I really feel extraordinarily grateful for having spent an important a part of my life doing what I beloved most, ‘hitting the cricket ball’.”
“This achievement is a tribute to the dedication, sacrifice, and love which have formed my cricketing journey,” mentioned de Silva.
“My household, my mother and father, my sister, my spouse and youngsters are my anchor, and deserve the deepest thanks for his or her unwavering assist and sacrifice, which have propelled me in direction of success.”
Edulji mentioned: “It certainly is a superb honour to be the primary Indian ladies’s cricketer to be inducted and be part of a galaxy of cricketers, female and male from the world over. I’m delighted to be thought of for this award.”
“It’s not solely a proud second for me, my household and associates but additionally for BCCI and Indian Girls’s Cricket.”“