Anjum Chopra

Anjum, India’s first woman to get MCC membership

Question: Name the first Indian woman cricketer to get the prestigious life membership of Marleybourne Cricket Club (MCC)?
(a) Mithali Raj
(b) Jhulan Goswami
(c) Anjum Chopra
(d) Harmanpreet Kaur
Ans: (c)
Related facts:

  • On 8 September 2016 Former Indian women’s team captain Anjum Chopra has been awarded an honourary life membership of the Marleybourne Cricket Club (MCC).
  • She is the first Indian woman cricketer to get the prestigious life membership of MCC.
  • Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan were recently awarded the MCC memberships too.
  • The 39-year-old Anjum played 12 Tests, 127 ODIs and 18 T20 Internationals for India.
  • She scored 548 runs in Tests with 4 half centuries while in 50 overs format, she scored 2856 runs with a century and 18 half-centuries.

Reference:
http://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/anjum-chopra-first-indian-womens-cricketer-awarded-mcc-life-membership
http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/anjum-chopra-becomes-first-indian-woman-cricketer-to-receive-mcc-life-membership-3017241/
http://dt.andaman.gov.in/DetailNews.aspx?newsid=160907049