The 1983 World Cup-winning squad is set to be showered with cash awards during the two felicitation functions commemorating its 25th year.
BCCI to give Rs 25 lakh to each member of the 1983 World Cup-winning squad
MUMBAI: There is going to be a windfall for the Kapil’s Devils. The 1983 World Cup-winning squad is set to be showered with cash awards during the two felicitation functions — to be organised in New Delhi and London — commemorating its 25th year.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will bestow Kapil Dev’s men with Rs 25 lakh each. According to BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah, the players will be handed over the cheques at the felicitation function in New Delhi on June 22. The BCCI, was, initially, reluctant to honour the World Cup heroes, one of the reasons being Kapil Dev’s involvement with the Indian Cricket League. But after intense media pressure, the Board has decided to felicitate the 15 members of the squad.
Meanwhile, there is more reward on the way for the World Cup-winning team. The UB Group, which is sponsoring Sunil Gavaskar’s PMG-organised felicitation function in London on June 25, will auction a diamond-encrusted bat. The amount will be distributed equally among the 14 members and the manager of the squad. A Mumbai-based jewelry shop will be sponsoring the diamonds to be encrusted on the bat, which will have the autographs of all the members of that team. The organisers of the London event have hired a professional auction company which will suggest the best way to do the auctioning.
Meanwhile, DNA has learnt that none of the Board members are expected to be present at the London event although some of them have received invitations Gavaskar. At least a couple of Board officials have told this paper that they would not be going to London. “I’ve received an invite from Sunil but I will not be able to go,” Rajiv Shukla, a board vice-president said. “I’m not going,” said Niranjan Shah. Both Shah and Shukla said they are not aware of anyone from the Board going for the function, which will be held in the Long Room of the Lord’s Cricket Ground.
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