The Cricket Club of India (CCI) has conferred honorary life membership on India’s middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane in Mumbai. Rahane and his wife were given membership cards for utilising all facilities of the club by CCI president Kekoo Nicholson. Rahane said it had been his wish to become a member of the club since he had attended a coaching camp there as a budding cricketer. The CCI is also conferring an honorary life membership on India’s top woman tennis professional Sania Mirza after her recent win of the US women’s doubles title with “Swiss Miss” Martina Hingis.
Cricket Club of India
- Cricket Club of India (CCI) is located on Dinsha Wacha Road, near Churchgate in Mumbai, India.
- It is one of the oldest and most well known cricket clubs in India.
- It was conceived as India’s counterpart to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
- The CCI is one of the 30 members of the BCCI, the governing body of cricket in India
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