Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara was indicted into ICC Hall of Fame yesterday. He’s the second Sri Lankan to be recognized after Muttiah Muralitharan, who was inducted in 2019.
Vinoo Mankad, Desmond Haynes, Andy Flower were among the 10 legends of the game to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame on Sunday.
In the Early Cricket Era (pre-1918), South African Aubrey Faulkner was inducted, along with Australia’s Monty Noble. In the Inter-war era (1918-1945), West Indies’ Learie Constantine and Stan McCabe of Australia were inducted.
In the 1946-1970 post era category, Ted Dexter of England and Mankad were chosen. In the ODI era, Desmond Haynes of the West Indies and late Bob Willis were named, while in the modern cricket era, Andy Flower and Kumar Sangakkara were inducted.