The newly-named Lara-Tendulkar Gates at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Monday used legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthday celebrations to unveil gates at the long-lasting Australia venue which are named after the India legend and fellow cricketing nice Brian Lara from West Indies.
All visiting gamers will now take the sphere via the newly-named Lara-Tendulkar Gates, with the duo bestowed with the honour on Monday to coincide with Mr. Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthday.
Mr. Tendulkar’s first Test century on Australia shores got here at the picturesque Sydney venue and the champion right-hander averaged a whopping 157 from 5 Test matches at the bottom. In 13 worldwide matches at SCG, Mr. Tendulkar has scored 1,100 runs at a mean of 100, with 4 centuries and 4 fifties and the most effective rating of 241*.
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Behind West Indies’ Viv Richards (1,134 runs) and Desmond Haynes (1,181 runs), he’s the third-highest run-scorer at the venue amongst non-Australian gamers. Mr. Tendulkar loves enjoying in Australia and numbers show it. In his 67 worldwide matches there, Tendulkar scored 3,300 runs at a mean of 42.85. He scored seven centuries and 17 half-centuries within the nation, with the most effective rating of 241*.
Mr. Tendulkar is the fifth-highest non-Australia run-scorer in Australia, behind Brian Lara (3,370 runs), Virat Kohli (3,426 runs), West Indies duo of Desmond Haynes (4,238 runs) and Viv Richards (4,529 runs).
“The Sydney Cricket Ground has been my favourite ground away from India,” Mr. Tendulkar mentioned as quoted by ICC. “I have had some great memories at the SCG right from my first tour of Australia in 1991-92. It is a great honour to have the gates used by all visiting cricketers to access the field of play at the SCG named after me and my good friend Brian. I would like to thank the team at SCG and Cricket Australia for this kind gesture. I look forward to visiting the SCG soon,” added Mr. Tendulkar.
The unveiling additionally came about 30 years after Lara made his well-known innings of 277 towards Australia at the SCG in 1993 and the West Indies nice was thrilled to obtain the honour.
“I am deeply honoured to be recognised at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as I am sure Sachin is. The ground holds many special memories for me and my family and I always enjoy visiting whenever I am in Australia,” mentioned Mr. Lara, who has sensational figures of three,370 runs in 71 worldwide matches in Australia at a mean of 41.09 and eight centuries and 19 half-centuries to his title within the nation. Lara has additionally performed 13 matches at SCG, wherein he has scored 654 runs in 16 innings at a mean of 43.60 with two centuries and a fifty.
