The Hollywood Cricket Club, one of the oldest and most popular in the United States, bestowed 'Honorary Life Membership' to former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar at Sequoia Centre in the city of Buena Park, California, recently.

The Los Angeles-based club, founded in 1932, boasts of celebrity members like writers Sir P G Wodehouse, actor and former England captain Sir C Aubrey Smith, Hollywood stars David Niven, Boris Karloff, Cary Grant, Tommy Freebairn Smith, Nigel Bruce and many others.

"Gavaskar, India's highest run-getter in Tests, was the chief guest during the club's 70th anniversary recently and the little master presented a personally signed cricket bat to Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca during the function," HCC president Jimmy Colabavala said in Mumbai on Wednesday.