ICC Hall of Fame 2025: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the great captain of the Indian cricket team, joined the ICC Hall of Fame on Monday (June 9). He is the 11th Indian player to be awarded this special honor by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Apart from Dhoni, six other players have also been given this honor in 2025. South African legendary captain Graeme Smith, batsman Hashim Amla, former Australian opener Matthew Hayden, former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, Pakistan’s female cricketer Sana Mir and England’s Sara Taylor were included in the hall of fame.

Dhoni’s career

Dhoni played in international cricket for India from 23 December 2004 to July 10, 2019. He announced his retirement on 15 August 2020. Dhoni represented Team India in 90 Tests, 347 ODIs and 98 T20s. He also played three ODIs for Asia XI in 2007.

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We are telling you about all the 11 Indian players joining the ICC Hall of Fame till now …

Bishan Singh Bedi: The great spinner and former captain Bishan Singh Bedi was included in the ICC Hall of Fame in 2009. Bedi died in 2023. He played 67 Tests and 10 ODIs for Team India and dismissed 266 and 7 batsmen respectively. Apart from this, 656 runs in Tests and 31 runs in ODIs.

Sunil Gavaskar: Sunil Gavaskar, the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket, was also included in the ICC Hall of Fame in 2009. Gavaskar played 122 Tests and 108 ODIs for India and scored 10,122 and 3,092 runs respectively. Apart from this, took one wicket each in both Test and ODI.

Kapil Dev: The great all -rounder Kapil Dev won India in the 1983 ODI World Cup. He was also included in the ICC Hall of Fame in 2009. Kapil Dev played 131 Tests and 225 ODIs for India from October 1978 to October 1994 and took 434 wickets in Tests and 253 wickets in ODIs. He also contributed significantly with the bat. This all -rounder scored 5248 runs in Tests and 3783 runs in ODIs.

Anil Kumble: Anil Kumble is the highest wicket -taker for India in Test, ODI and International cricket. He was included in the ICC Hall of Fame in 2015. The former Indian Test captain played 132 Tests and 271 ODIs during his 18 -year long career. Get 619 wickets in Tests and 337 wickets in ODIs. Kumble scored 2506 runs in Tests and 938 runs in ODIs.

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Rahul Dravid: Former Indian captain and head coach Rahul Dravid was included in the ICC Hall of Fame in 2018. Dravid scored 13,288 runs in 164 Tests, 10,889 runs in 344 ODIs and 31 runs in a T20.

Sachin Tendulkar: The greatest batsman so far played 200 Tests, 463 ODIs and 1 T20 for India during his 24 -year long career. Tendulkar scored 18426 runs in ODIs, 15921 runs in Tests and 10 runs in T20. Apart from this, took 201 wickets in all formats.

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Vinu Mankad: Vinu Mankad was included in the ICC Hall of Fame in 2021. Mankad was one of the best players till date. He played 44 Tests from 1946 to 1959 and scored 2109 runs. Apart from this, he also took 162 wickets.

Diana Adulji: Former captain of the Indian women’s cricket team Diana Edulji was included in the ICC Hall of Fame in 2023. Edulji played 20 Tests and 34 ODIs in which he scored 404 and 211 runs respectively. Apart from this, 63 and 46 wickets were also taken in their names.

Virender Sehwag: Former India batsman Virender Sehwag was included in the ICC Hall of Fame with Adulji in 2023. Sehwag scored 8586 runs in 104 Tests, 8273 runs in 251 ODIs and 394 runs in 19 T20s. During his international career, Sehwag also took 136 wickets for India in all formats.

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Neetu David: Former spinner Neetu David was included in the ICC Hall of Fame in 2024. He took 41 wickets in 10 Tests and scored 25 runs. In 97 ODIs, 141 batsmen were dismissed and scored 74 runs.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni: India’s greatest captain is Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He played 90 Tests, 350 ODIs and 98 T20s during his 15 -year long career and scored more than 17,000 runs. Dhoni is the only captain to win three big tournaments in Limited over cricket. He won India in the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, the ODI Cup in 2011 and the Champions Trophy in 2013. Not only this, Team India reached the first place in the ICC Test rankings for the first time while Dhoni.