Melbourne Cricket Club honours Sachin Tendulkar with membership | Cricket News
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) on Friday announced that legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar has accepted an invitation of an Honorary Cricket Membership at the club.
“An icon honoured. The MCC is pleased to announce that former Indian captain @sachin_rt has accepted an Honorary Cricket Membership, acknowledging his outstanding contribution to the game,” the MCC posted on X.
Founded in 1838, the MCC is one of the oldest sports clubs in Australia and is responsible for the management and development of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), one of the game’s premier venues.
An icon honoured.
The MCC is pleased to announce that former Indian captain @sachin_rt has accepted an Honorary Cricket Membership, acknowledging his outstanding contribution to the game. pic.twitter.com/0JXE46Z8T6
— Melbourne Cricket Club (@MCC_Members) December 27, 2024
Tendulkar currently holds the record of most runs at MCG with 449 from five Tests at an average of 44.90 and a strike-rate of 58.69 with a hundred and three fifties.
The MCG is currently hosting the vital fourth and penultimate Test match between India and Australia with the rubber evenly poised at 1-1. India had won the 1st Test in Perth before Australia levelled the series in Adelaide. The 3rd Test match was declared a draw due to adverse weather conditions.
Earlier in 2012, Tendulkar was awarded the Order of Australia, one of the country’s highest honours. At the time, he had become only the second Indian after former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee to get the honour.
Sorabjee was made an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM) “for service to Australia-India bilateral legal relations” in 2006.
Tendulkar was not the first cricketer to be made an Order of Australia AM as in 2009,West Indies legend Brian Lara was also made an honorary member. Another West Indies legend Clive Lloyd is an Honorary Officer in the Order of Australia, having been conferred the award way back in 1985.
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