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 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.
Legends Club
- It was founded in 2003 by late Raj Singh Dungarpur, the former CCI president.
- It honours the cricketers and sports person by celebrating their birthdays and talking on certain topic of the game.
- Madhav Apte, a former Test opening batsman, is the president of the Legends Club.
- It was formed along the lines of England’s Master’s Club started by famous cricket commentator John Arlott in memory of Jack Hobbs.
