New Delhi, July 10 -- Sachin Tendulkar became the fifth Indian cricketer to have their portrait at the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) museum, just before the start of the third Test against England at the iconic Lord's on Thursday. The portrait, by artist Stuart Pearson Wright, will remain at the MCC Museum until later this year when it will be relocated to the Pavilion.

The picture in the portrait is taken from a photograph 18 year's ago in Tendulkar's home in Mumbai. The abstract background illustrates Tendulkar's timelessness, unrestricted by any era. Besides Tendulkar, the MCC  museum also has portraits of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Kapil Dev, Bishan Singh Bedi and Dilip Vengsarkar, among Indians.

Notably, the portraits of Kapil...