Indian former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar congratulated South Africa`s Jacques Kallis, Australia`s Lisa Sthalekar, and Pakistan’s Zaheer Abbas after the three former players got inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame was started by the ICC in 2009, as part of its centenary celebrations. Earlier in the day, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had inducted Kallis, Sthalekar, and Abbas, into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. The ICC Cricket “Hall of Fame” recognises the achievements of the legends of the cricket.
“Congratulations to @sthalekar93, Zaheer Abbas & @jacqueskallis75 on being inducted into the #ICCHallofFame. Sport can unite the world beyond boundaries and each of you have done your bit and more by being wonderful ambassadors of our beautiful game,” the former Indian batsman, Tendulkar, tweeted.
Congratulations to @sthalekar93, Zaheer Abbas & @jacqueskallis75 on being inducted into the #ICCHallofFame.
Sport can unite the world beyond boundaries and each of you have done your bit & more by being wonderful ambassadors of our beautiful game. https://t.co/IlHF5Qqd3X— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 23, 2020
Eligibility for Hall of fame list
A player is eligible to be inducted in the fame list only after the mandatory period of 5 years since his /her retirement from international cricket.
Number of Hall of Fame from India
Since 1932 to date just 6 Indians have been included in this list. Sachin Tendulkar, the former master blaster is the latest Indian player who is included in the list of ICC hall of fame in 2019.
| Inductee | Team | Induction year |
| 1. Bishan Singh Bedi | India | 2009 |
| 2. Kapil Dev | India | 2009 |
| 3. Sunil Gavaskar | India | 2009 |
| 4. Anil Kumble | India | 2015 |
| 5. Rahul Dravid | India | 2018 |
| 6. Sachin Tendulkar | India | 2019 |
No.of Hall of Fame by Teams:
Since 2 January 2009, there are 90 players have been included in the ICC hall of fame list. Most numbers of players 28 are from England followed by Australia (26) and West Indies (18).
| Number of Players | Team | Span |
| 28 | England | 1877–present |
| 26 | Australia | 1877–present |
| 18 | West Indies | 1928–present |
| 6 | India | 1932–present |
| 6 | Pakistan | 1952–present |
| 3 | New Zealand | 1930–present |
| 4 | South Africa | 1889–present |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 1982–present |
| 90 | Total |
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame Full List Since 2009:
| Name of the Palyer | Team | Inducted year |
| Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 2009 |
| Clarrie Grimmett | Australia | 2009 |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | England | 2009 |
| Victor Trumper | Australia | 2009 |
| Steve Waugh | Australia | 2009 |
| Sydney Barnes | England | 2009 |
| Bishan Bedi | India | 2009 |
| Alec Bedser | England | 2009 |
| Richie Benaud | Australia | 2009 |
| Allan Border | Australia | 2009 |
| Ian Botham | England | 2009 |
| Geoffrey Boycott | England | 2009 |
| Don Bradman | Australia | 2009 |
| Greg Chappell | Australia | 2009 |
| Ian Chappell | Australia | 2009 |
| Denis Compton | England | 2009 |
| Colin Cowdrey | England | 2009 |
| Kapil Dev | India | 2009 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | India | 2009 |
| Lance Gibbs | West Indies | 2009 |
| Graham Gooch | England | 2009 |
| David Gower | England | 2009 |
| W. G. Grace | England | 2009 |
| Tom Graveney | England | 2009 |
| Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | 2009 |
| Richard Hadlee | New Zealand | 2009 |
| Wally Hammond | England | 2009 |
| Neil Harvey | Australia | 2009 |
| George Headley | West Indies | 2009 |
| Jack Hobbs | England | 2009 |
| Michael Holding | West Indies | 2009 |
| Len Hutton | England | 2009 |
| Rohan Kanhai | West Indies | 2009 |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 2009 |
| Alan Knott | England | 2009 |
| Jim Laker | England | 2009 |
| Harold Larwood | England | 2009 |
| Dennis Lillee | Australia | 2009 |
| Ray Lindwall | Australia | 2009 |
| Clive Lloyd | West Indies | 2009 |
| Rod Marsh | Australia | 2009 |
| Malcolm Marshall | West Indies | 2009 |
| Peter May | England | 2009 |
| Javed Miandad | Pakistan | 2009 |
| Keith Miller | Australia | 2009 |
| Hanif Mohammad | Pakistan | 2009 |
| Bill O’Reilly | Australia | 2009 |
| Graeme Pollock | South Africa | 2009 |
| Wilfred Rhodes | England | 2009 |
| Barry Richards | South Africa | 2009 |
| Viv Richards | West Indies | 2009 |
| Andy Roberts | West Indies | 2009 |
| Garfield Sobers | West Indies | 2009 |
| Brian Statham | England | 2009 |
| Fred Trueman | England | 2009 |
| Derek Underwood | England | 2009 |
| Clyde Walcott | West Indies | 2009 |
| Everton Weekes | West Indies | 2009 |
| Frank Woolley | England | 2009 |
| Frank Worrell | West Indies | 2009 |
| Ken Barrington | England | 2010 |
| Joel Garner | West Indies | 2010 |
| Rachael Heyhoe Flint | England | 2010 |
| Courtney Walsh | West Indies | 2010 |
| Curtly Ambrose | West Indies | 2011 |
| Belinda Clark | Australia | 2011 |
| Alan Davidson | Australia | 2011 |
| Fred Spofforth | Australia | 2011 |
| Enid Bakewell | England | 2012 |
| Brian Lara | West Indies | 2012 |
| Glenn McGrath | Australia | 2012 |
| Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 2013 |
| Shane Warne | Australia | 2013 |
| Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 2013 |
| Debbie Hockley | New Zealand | 2014 |
| Bob Simpson | Australia | 2014 |
| Martin Crowe | New Zealand | 2015 |
| Wes Hall | West Indies | 2015 |
| Anil Kumble | India | 2015 |
| Betty Wilson | Australia | 2015 |
| George Lohmann | England | 2016 |
| Arthur Morris | Australia | 2016 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 2016 |
| Karen Rolton | Australia | 2016 |
| Rahul Dravid | India | 2018 |
| Ricky Ponting | Australia | 2018 |
| Claire Taylor | England | 2018 |
| Allan Donald | South Africa | 2019 |
| Cathryn Fitzpatrick | Australia | 2019 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 2019 |
| Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan | 2020 |
| Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 2020 |
| Lisa Sthalekar | Australia | 2020 |
