India skipper Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri yesterday received the honorary membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) for their contribution to the sport of cricket.
Congratulating India for their Test series win on Australian soil, SCG Chairman Tony Shepherd expressed happiness that the world's largest cricketing nation India
was putting its focus firmly on Test cricket.
He said this will reinforce the pre-eminence of Tests in global cricketing landscape.
The only other international cricketers to be granted the honorary membership of the SCG are Sachin Tendulkar and Brain Lara of the West Indies.