Cricket Hall of Fame endorses Road Safety World Series

In
a
meeting
held
virtually
among
the
CHOF
board
members
in
the
USA
on
Wednesday
(January
11),
it
has
also
been
unanimously
decided
that
many
legends
playing
or
participating
in
the
Road
Safety
World
Series
will
be
inducted
into
the
Hall
of
Fame
this
year.

The
Board
also
confirmed
Ravi
Gaikwad,
RTO
Chief
of
Thane
(Konkan
Range)
and
promoter
of
the
Road
Safety
World
Series,
to
become
the
first
individual
living
in
India
who
will
be
inducted
into
the
Hall
of
Fame
for
his
contribution
towards
the
game
and
making
it
meaningful
to
serve
humanity
with
a
global
noble
cause
which
is
impacting
all
of
us.

This
is
another
feather
in
his
cap
after
he
received
the
Zee
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
in
Engineering,
Science
and
Technology
and
Lifetime
Achievement
Award,
Times
Brand
Icon
by
the
Times
Group
in
sports
category
in
2021.
In
2022,
he
received
the
CNBC
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
in
sports.

The
CHOF
board
approved
a
special
induction
ceremony,
it
will
be
the
first
time
in
its
42-year-old
history,
the
Cricket
Hall
of
Fame
will
hold
an
induction
ceremony
outside
the
USA.

In
yet
another
first
in
its
history,
India
will
host
the
first-ever
Cricket
Hall
of
Fame
induction
ceremony.
The
special
induction
ceremony
will
be
held
before
the
final
match
of
the
Road
Safety
World
Series
Season
3,
which
is
scheduled
to
be
held
at
multiple
venues
in
India
during
February-March
2023.

This
will
also
be
the
first
time
when
the
Cricket
Hall
of
Fame
will
induct
more
than
10
legendary
cricketers
in
the
same
year
and
at
the
same
time.
Besides
participating
legends
as
inductees,
CHOF
is
in
the
process
to
include
a
few
other
legends
including
female
retired
players
from
India
at
this
event.

What
is
Cricket
Hall
of
Fame

The
Cricket
Hall
of
Fame
is
in
Hartford,
Connecticut,
USA.
Founded
in
1981,
it
is
the
first
international
cricket
hall
of
fame
in
the
world.
Every
year
it
hosts
an
induction
ceremony
on
the
first
Saturday
of
October,
drawing
inductees
from
around
the
world.
Inductees
are
selected
for
two
categories:
Players
of
distinction
or
someone
who
has
done
something
to
advance
the
sport
of
cricket.

Since
its
inception,
several
former
cricket
stars
including
Sir
Donald
Bradman,
Sir
Everton
Weeks,
Sir
Frank
Worrell,
Sir
Garfield
Sobers,
Sir
Leonard
Hutton,
Sir
Vivian
Richards,
Abid
Sayed
Ali,
Alvin
Kallicharran,
Sunil
Gavaskar,
Gundappa
Vishwanath,
Ajit
Wadekar,
Bhagwat
Chandrasekhar,
Chetan
Chauhan,
Dilip
Vengsarkar,
Farokh
Engineer,
Clyde
Walcott,
Courtney
Walsh,
Desmond
Haynes,
George
Headley,
Gordon
Greenidge,
Greg
Chappell,
Hanif
Mohammad,
Jeffrey
Dujon,
Jimmy
Adams,
Joel
Garner,
Kerry
Packer,
Lance
Gibbs,
Lawrence
Rowe,
Dr
Michael
Holding,
Moin
Khan,
Mushtaq
Mohammad,
Dr
Shivnarine
Chanderpaul,
Steve
Bucknor,
Tony
Greg
and
Younis
Khan
have
been
inducted
in
the
Cricket
Hall
of
Fame.

The
Cricket
Hall
of
Fame
Museum
houses
many
historical
cricket
artefacts
donated
by
past
inductees
and
supporters.
Items
include
trophies,
uniforms,
equipment,
books,
photographs
and
articles
that
demonstrate
the
history
of
the
sport
over
time.

The
Cricket
Hall
of
Fame
is
supported
by
the
Sportsmen’s
Athletic
Club
of
Hartford,
Connecticut
(Since
1963).
Who
Is
Who
in
Cricket
(CricWho)
was
launched
in
2022
&
CHOF
is
in
the
final
process
to
offer
Largest
Cricket
Museum
in
the
world
where
all
inductees
will
occupy
precious
spots
at
prime
wall
or
floor
forever
in
the
prestigious
museum.

Road
Safety
World
Series

The
Road
Safety
World
Series
is
a
T20
cricket
event
which
is
played
between
legends
of
eight
countries-India,
Australia,
South
Africa,
West
Indies,
England,
New
Zealand,
Bangladesh
and
Sri
Lanka-to
create
awareness
towards
road
safety
in
India
and
around
the
world.

The
Series
features
Bharat
Ratna
and
the
legendary
Sachin
Tendulkar
and
West
Indies
legend
Brian
Lara
among
a
host
of
other
legendary
cricketers.
Sachin
Tendulkar
is
also
the
Brand
Ambassador
of
the
series
whereas
Padma
Bhushan
Sunil
Gavaskar
is
the
Commissioner
of
the
series.

The
Road
Safety
World
Series
has
completed
two
seasons
successfully,
holding
matches
in
different
parts
of
the
country
like
Mumbai,
Raipur,
Kanpur,
Indore
and
Dehradun,
and
the
third
edition
is
scheduled
to
be
played
during
February-March
2023.

The
Road
Safety
World
Series
is
not
just
a
sporting
event
but
a
movement
to
save
human
lives
on
roads.
It
is
an
honest
attempt
to
integrate
sports
for
a
noble
cause,
in
this
case
it
is
cricket
as
it
is
the
most
popular
sport
in
India
and
cricketers
are
looked
upon
as
idols
by
many.

Why
India?
Every
year
India
kills
a
decent
size
European
nation
on
its
roads.
Around
1,50,000
people
are
killed
and
more
than
4,50,000
people
are
critically
injured
in
India
in
road
accidents
every
year.
One
person
dies
every
four
minutes
in
India
and
out
of
every
hundred
people
dying
in
the
world,
30
are
Indians.

The
aim
of
the
Road
Safety
World
Series
is
to
drive
social
change
in
terms
of
people’s
outlook
towards
road
safety.
As
cricket
is
the
most
followed
sport
in
the
country
and
sports
personalities
are
looked
up
to
as
idols
by
all,
a
sporting
extravaganza
like
the
Road
Safety
World
Series
will
work
as
an
ideal
platform
to
influence
and
change
people’s
mindset
towards
their
behaviour
on
the
roads.

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