Established in 2003, the Legends Club honours famous Indian cricketers like Vijay Merchant, Vijay Hazare, Vinoo Mankad, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.
India's 1983 World Cup-winning captain and one of the greatest all-rounders the game has seen, Kapil Dev, will be the sixth member to be inducted into the Cricket Club of India's Legends Club. This was announced by Legends Club president and former India batsman Madhav Apte here on Sunday.
Established in 2003, the Legends Club honours famous Indian cricketers like Vijay Merchant, Vijay Hazare, Vinoo Mankad, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. The club gathers on the birthdays / birth anniversaries of these five cricketers and talk on certain topics of the game.
"At the last (Legends Club) committee meeting, it was decided to invite as the next legend and he has happily accepted the invitation," Apte said at the Legends Club evening to mark the 43rd birthday of Tendulkar.
While the Legends Club is currently restricted to cricketers, Apte said that the committee has recommended to the general body to consider names from other sports to be inducted into the elite club. "Badminton legend Nandu Natekar is the name that comes first from other sports to be considered from other disciplines. Many others will follow," Apte said.
Meanwhile, CCI president Kekoo Nicholson said that the main gate of the club will be named after late Rajsingh Dungarpur. "In the memorial meeting for Dungarpur, Sachin Tendulkar floated the idea of honouring Rajbhai by naming a gate after him and that he would want to be part of that ceremony. We will work out the dates to name the CCI main gate after Rajbhai according to Sachin's availability and also see if the Dungarpur family can make it to the occasion."
For the record, Legends Club is the brainchild of former Board of Control for Cricket in India president, Dungarpur. It was formed along the lines of England's Master's Club started by famous cricket commentator John Arlott in memory of Jack Hobbs when cricketers and cricket lovers got together and spoke on different topics of the game.
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