Kanpur sources have added that Former captains including Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, MS Dhoni and Kapil Dev were felicitated by the BCCI before the start of India's 500th Test on Thursday and on the occasion, Uttar Pradesh governor has presented mementos and shawl to former captains before the start of the first Test between India and New Zealand.



                             

Apart from inviting all its former men’s Test captains, the Indian cricket board also invited all Test skippers from the women’s team and the former captains were honored with a shawl, a memento and a coin with the words "500th Test" written on it.


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It was stated that a total of 285 players have played Test cricket for India in which they had 32 captains starting from C.K. Nayudu to Virat Kohli and will join England (976), Australia (791) and West Indies (517) in reaching the 500 mark.



 

The IPL chief Rajeev Shukla and BCCI president Anurag Thakur were part of the function and a dinner was organized yesterday night in the honor of captains and it was also attended by the Indian team.


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