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Gavaskar, Venkat accept ICPA's offer

Kolkata June 12. The Indian Cricket Players' Association (ICPA) has got a shot in the arm with batting legend Sunil Gavaskar and spin wizard S. Venkatraghavan accepting its offer to become honorary members.

Disclosing this, ICPA vice president Arun Lal told PTI here on Thursday that the organisation had sent letters to all former Indian skippers requesting them to take up honorary memberships.

"We sent them the letter and the forms before the World Cup in South Africa. Several of them are yet to receive the forms,'' Arun Lal said.

Visibly elated at Gavaskar's decision to join the organisation, which has been locked in a battle of attrition with the board since its formation last year, Lal said ``the presence of Sunny will definitely strengthen us.''

``He is one of the all-time great cricketers of our country and a respected figure. We can always turn to him for advice,'' he said.

Gavaskar, also the chairman of the BCCI technical committee, sent his acceptance letter along with the signed form to the ICPA's office in Delhi recently. Venkatraghavan has also sent a similar consent letter to ICPA, Lal added.

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