ICC adds Ganguly, Chopra and Pietersen to Hall of Fame
The ICC has inducted Sourav Ganguly, Anjum Chopra and Kevin Pietersen into its Hall of Fame.
The ICC named Sourav Ganguly, Anjum Chopra and Kevin Pietersen to its Hall of Fame on Friday. Ganguly gets in for captaining India across 60 Tests and 146 ODIs — he won series in England, Australia and Pakistan. Chopra, who played 127 ODIs and scored 2,850 runs, was instrumental in building India's women's cricket. Pietersen, England's attacking force in 104 Tests (8,181 runs at 47.7), was part of the 2010 T20 World Cup win.
The Hall of Fame now has 106 members. The three will be formally welcomed at a ceremony later this year.
CricHubb Take
Three inductees from three different eras — Ganguly defined the post-1990s India captain, Chopra built the women's infrastructure from the ground up, Pietersen rode the T20 boom — suggests the Hall of Fame is finally stopping pretending these were separate games. They were always the same sport.