Rahul Dravid, Ponting and Claire Taylor inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame

Rahul Dravid played 509 international matches © Getty

Rahul Dravid, the legendary drummer of India, Ricky Ponting, the former Australian captain, and Claire Taylor, the thresher of England, became the recent inductees to the ICC Hall of Fame.

Dravid, Sunday (July 1), became the fifth Indian after Bishan Bedi Singh, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Anil Kumble to make the illustrious list of cricketers.

With 13,288 points in 164 Test matches, Dravid ranks fourth on the roster of top runners in the five-day format while he is ranked ninth on the overall scorers chart n ODI with 10,889 points in 344 parts. Dravid was also the ICC cricket player of the year in 2004 and was named best cricket player of the same year.

In a video message, Dravid said, "It's a great honor and a privilege to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.I am grateful to the ICC for giving me this honor, it is a privilege to be part of a group of people whom I admired and whom I admired as a young man who grew up in my cricket player course able to thank so many people who allowed me to have a career in this sport and to realize my dreams.

"My parents, my young family, my wife and my two children, my many friends, my colleagues I've played with and played against who has enriched my game, my many coaches from childhood and the coaches I've played for India have really helped to develop my potential. I would not be here if it is for the support and the love that they have given me and I am really grateful and grateful to them. "

Dravid, who is currently in England as a coach of Team A from India, was not there in person when his Hall of Fame registration was was announced by the ICC. "Unfortunately, I am not here to receive this honor because of my commitments with India A and the coaching duties that I have. But again, I'm really grateful, I'm humbled to be able to receive this honor. Ponting, who retired from international cricket at the end of the test series against South Africa in the 2012-13 season, finished his match against South Africa. He also compiled 13,704 races and 30 hundreds in ODI.

He was named the ICC cricket player of the year for 2006 as well as 2007. On top of that, Ponting was part of the Australian team that reached four finals of the World Cup , triumphing in 1999, 2003 and 2007. He also led Australia to a record 26 consecutive undefeated World Cup matches from 2003 to 2011 and dominated the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006 and 2009. [19659008] Ponting came into play for the first time in the 1994-95 season at Sheffield Shield, where he scored 681 points on average in Tasmania for over 75. He then made his ODI debut in the Quadrangular series . New Zealand, he was also selected four-game test series in the Caribbean in 1995, but has not played in any of the matches. He ended up debuting at the Test, against Sri Lanka in Perth at the end of the year, accumulating a fine of 96 before being wrongly judged by LBW by Khizer Hayat.

He will have to wait nearly two years to compile his first, which faced England in Leeds in 1997. He accumulated his first 100 ODI against the Windies in Jaipur in 1996 at the Cup of the world. The highlight of Ponting's career may have been the 2003 World Cup, where he crashed a magnificent undefeated 140 in the final against India at the Wanderers, while Australia crushed the Asian country by 125 points. In 2006, he was in stellar form, as evidenced by the 1333 races that he totaled with an average of 88.86 in Tests

"I feel deeply honored to be so recognized by the ICC. player and I am very proud of the team and personal achievements along the way.

"This would not have been possible without the help of so many people, including my teammates, coaches and support staff who have played such an important role, playing a career, I especially want to thank my family for their constant support and direction, and honors like this are just as much for them as for me ", said Ponting.

Claire Taylor, 42, has accumulated 1030 points on average 41.20 in tests. ODIs and 615 in 21 T20Is She was honored with the ICC Women's Cricket Player of the Year in 2009. She ended her career with 78 layoffs across the three formats of the game.

In addition to that , she also won the tournament player of the Women's World Cup of 50 years in 2009 (324 races) and the Women's World T20 in 2009.