India's Virender Sehwag, Diana Edulji and Sri Lanka's Aravind D'Silva enter ICC's Hall of Fame

ICC inducts cricketing greats Virender Sehwag, Diana Edulji & Aravinda de Silva into Hall of Fame. Sehwag, a destructive opener, holds record of first Indian with a Triple century. Edulji captained India for 3 decades and took 100 wickets in 54 inernatuional appearances

Three cricketing greats and standout performers in the history of the game - legendary opener Virender Sehwag, former Indian Women Test skipper Diana Edulji and Sri Lanka's iconic star Aravinda de Silva are the latest inductees to be added to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced the name of the three legends of cricket as the latest inductees of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Sehwag had dynamism a destructive opener of the modern era holds a record that is still hard to match, the first Indian with a Triple century. Sehwag has in fact scored two Triple Hundreds.

During his illustrious career, Sehwag scored 23 Test centuries, the fifth most by an India men's player and claimed a record of the highest score by an Indian player ever, 319 which was against South Africa in Chennai in 2008. Overall, Sehwag has 8,586 runs to his name at an average of 49.34 in 104 appearances.

Even though, Shewag's statistics in the red ball format speak volumes about his potential, his explosive style of play thrived in the ODI format. In 251 ODI games, the right-handed batter has 8,273 runs at an average of 35.05. He also helped India claim their second ICC Men's Cricket World Cup title in 2011, with his 380 runs for the tournament the seventh-best for any player during the tournament.

"I would like to thank the ICC and the jury for inducting me with this honour. I feel extremely grateful for having spent a great part of my life doing what I loved most, 'hitting the cricket ball'. I would also like to thank my family, friends, people I played with, and countless people who prayed for me selflessly," Sehwag said after being inducted into the Hall of Fame as quoted from ICC.

The second inductee in the ICC Hall of Fame Edulji captained India for almost three decades, and as a left-arm orthodox spinner claimed 100 wickets while making 54 international appearances. Edulji took up the role of administrator with Western Railways and worked hard to create opportunities for employment for women cricketers. She also played an influential role in creating the sports policy of Western and Indian Railways.