cricket ground, on Wednesday, gave ‘Life Membership’ to World Cup winning
captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with four other distinguished India
internationals.
The other include, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, former women’s national
captain Mithali Raj and the legendary Jhulan Goswami. The MCC announced
naming 19 new honorary life members who represented eight Test-playing
countries.
The club’s cricket committee considers the nomination of players for life
membership as recognition to the ‘outstanding international careers for
some of the greats of the game’.The membership is also given to those
individuals who have made an ‘exceptional contribution’ to the club or the
sport.
“Five Indian players have been recognised with Honorary Life Membership.
Jhulan Goswami, who bowed out from internationals in the England v India
Women’s One-Day International at Lord’s last year, is the leading
wicket-taker in women’s ODIs whilst Mithali Raj heads the run-scoring list
with 7,805 in 211 innings,” said the MCC on its website.
“MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh were both integral parts of the India side which
won the 2007 ICC Men’s World T20 and the 2011 ICC Men’s World Cup, and
Suresh Raina scored over 5,500 ODI runs across a 13-year career,” the note
added.tary of the MCC, Guy Lavender said, “We are thrilled to be able to
announce our newest cohort of Honorary Life Members of MCC, as we prepare
for the new international summer.
