Gates named after Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara unveiled at Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground SCG on Monday used legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkars 50th birthday celebrations to unveil gates at the iconic Australia venue that are named after the India legend and fellow cricketing great Brian Lara from West IndiesAll visiting players will now take the field through the newlynamed LaraTendulkar Gates with the duo bestowed with the honour on Monday to coincide with Tendulkars 50th birthdayTendulkars first Test century on Australia shores came at the picturesque Sydney venue and the champion righthander averaged a whopping 157 from five Test matches at the ground In 13 international matches at SCG Tendulkar has scored 1100 runs at an average of 100 with four centuries and four fifties and the best score of 241 Behind West Indies Viv Richards 1134 runs and Desmond Haynes 1181 runs he is the thirdhighest runscorer at the venue among nonAustralian playersAlso Read With love from Kashmir An ode to Tendulkars first batTendulkar loves playing in Australia and numbers prove it In his 67 international matches there Tendulkar scored 3300 runs at an average of 4285 He scored seven centuries and 17 halfcenturies in the country with the best score of 241 Tendulkar is the fifthhighest nonAustralia runscorer in Australia behind Brian Lara 3370 runs Virat Kohli 3426 runs West Indies duo of Desmond Haynes 4238 runs and Viv Richards 4529 runsThe Sydney Cricket Ground has been my favourite ground away from India Tendulkar said as quoted by ICCI have had some great memories at the SCG right from my first tour of Australia in 199192 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 TendulkarThe unveiling also took place 30 years after Lara made his famous innings of 277 against Australia at the SCG in 1993 and the West Indies great was thrilled to receive the honourI 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 said Lara who has sensational figures of 3370 runs in 71 international matches in Australia at an average of 4109 and eight centuries and 19 halfcenturies to his name in the country Lara has also played 13 matches at SCG in which he has scored 654 runs in 16 innings at an average of 4360 with two centuries and a fiftyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever