Xtra Time Internet Desk: Legendary Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday felicitated the U19 World Cup successful India U-19 girls cricketers at Narendra Modi Stadium. Tendulkar mentioned the feat will encourage many women to take up the game and realise their desires.
“I might prone to congratulate you on the magnificent achievement. The whole nation will rejoice (the triumph) for years to come back,” Tendulkar mentioned in the course of the felicitation ceremony.
In keeping with Sachin, “For me, my cricketing desires began in 1983 however by successful this World Cup, you’ve got given beginning to many desires. It was a powerful efficiency,”
“By successful this World Cup, you’ve got given a dream to younger ladies in India to symbolize the nation,” mentioned Sachin.
“The start of the WPL (Ladies’s Premier League) goes to be the most important factor. I imagine in equality for women and men, and never simply in sports activities. There needs to be equal alternatives,” he added.
Tendulkar mentioned the BCCI is doing its finest for the expansion of girls’s cricket within the nation.
“What BCCI has been in a position to do and the officers’ contribution in serving to girls’s cricket prosper, I believe it’s an indication that we’ll actually do nicely (in future).”
The transient felicitation perform was attended by BCCI secretary Jay Shah, President Roger Binny, vice-president Rajeev Shukla and treasurer Ashish Shelar, the dignitaries handed over a cheque of Rs 5 crore to the victorious India U-19 girls’s crew as introduced by the board secretary earlier.
