The prestigious Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) housed on the iconic Lord’s cricket floor, on Wednesday, gave ‘Life Membership’ to World Cup profitable captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni together with 4 different distinguished India internationals. The different embrace, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, former ladies’s nationwide captain Mithali Raj and the legendary Jhulan Goswami. The MCC introduced naming 19 new honorary life members who represented eight Test-playing nations.

The membership’s cricket committee considers the nomination of gamers for all times membership as recognition to the ‘excellent worldwide careers for a few of the greats of the sport’.

The membership can also be given to these people who’ve made an ‘distinctive contribution’ to the membership or the game.

“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,” stated the MCC on its web site.

“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 observe added.

The CEO and secretary of the MCC, Guy Lavender stated, “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.

“The names which were introduced at present are a few of the biggest worldwide gamers of recent instances, and we’re privileged to now depend them as valued Members of our Club.” The others who had been honoured with the membership are Merissa Aguilleira from the West Indies, Jenny Gunn, Laura Marsh, Anya Shrubsole, Eoin Morgan and Kevin Pietersen from England, Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez, Bangladesh’s Mashrafe Mortaza, South Africa’s Dale Steyn, Australia’s Rachael Haynes and New Zealand’s Amy Satterhwaite and Ross Taylor.