Venu Makand become the 7th Indian player to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently inducted 10 players into its Hall of Fame, including the great Indian all-rounder Vinu Mankad.

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Mankad became the seventh Indian cricketer to be inducted into the Hall of Fame after Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and Bishan Singh Bedi.

Mankad, who died in 1978, played 44 Test matches for India from 1946 to 1959. He scored 2,109 runs at an average of 31.47 with five centuries and six fifties.

He also picked up 162 wickets with his left-arm spin at an average of 32.32, with 8 five-wicket innings hauls and two ten-wicket match hauls.