MUMBAI: The Mumbai Cricket Association will celebrate cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar's 75th birthday during its grand function to mark the 50th anniversary of the iconic Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, January 19.
Gavaskar turned 75 on July 10 last year, and the MCA was planning a function to celebrate his birthday around that time last year, but the cricket body had to postpone their plans due to the unfortunate demise of its then president Amol Kale during the T20 World Cup in June in the US.
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Meanwhile, the MCA has invited all the current and former Mumbai Ranji and senior women players, as well as the office-bearers of the other state associations and the top BCCI officials for the function at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday evening.
BCCI president Roger Binny, though, is set to miss the function as he's not in Mumbai that day. The MCA will felicitate all the former India captains of Mumbai, which includes the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri and Diana Edulji (women).
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The MCA will also felicitate Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and its former president Ashish Shelar, who is also a newly-appointed cabinet minister in the Maharashtra government, during the function.
