Nandu Natekar becomes 1st non-cricketer to be inducted in CCI’s Legends Club

Mumbai: Badminton ace Nandu Natekar has been inducted into the Legends Club, founded by the late Cricket Club of India president Raj Singh Dungarpur, as the first non-cricketer, along with 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev. “The Legends Club president Madhav Apte, in consultation with the Cricket Club of India (CCI) president, Kekoo Nicholson, has decided to induct former India all-rounder Kapil Dev and badminton great Nandu Natekar into the club’s legends group,” said a media release on Tuesday. Apte, a former Test opening batsman, has obtained the consent from Kapil Dev and Nandu Natekar. Supreme Court asks BCCI to become a transparent and accountable public body

The Legends Club celebrates the birthdays of Vijay Merchant, Vijay Hazare, Vinoo Mankad, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. In addition to the above, the Legends Club will also celebrate the birthdays of Nandu Natekar — on May 12 — and Kapil Dev — on January 6, 2017. Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar receive CCI membership

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Earlier, Three Indian players, namely Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar Kumar received their Cricket Club of India (CCI) membership during Team India’s official team dinner at Mumbai on Friday. India are scheduled to play South Africa in a warm-up match ahead of the ICC World T20 2016. India begin their World T20 campaign against New Zealand on March 15. They will also take on arch-rivals Pakistan in a high-voltage contest at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on March 19. India won the inaugural edition of the World T20 in 2007 in South Africa. India will start as favourites going into the tournament, given the fact they are playing in home conditions.