HYDERABAD: Indian women's cricket team captain
Mithali Raj will get a
BMW car
on her arrival in the city. Former chief selector of the junior Indian cricket team,
V Chamundeswaranath
, who has presented several cars to sportspersons, announced on Sunday that Mithali would get the luxury sedan irrespective of the result in the
ICC Women's World Cup
2017.
Incidentally, Chamundi had gifted a Chevrolet car to Mithali way back in 2007. But after the stupendous performance of India at the World Cup, Chamundi said that the Indian skipper deserves a much bigger car for the way she has led the Indian team. "Mithali has been a great influence on Indian cricket. The way she has led the side is remarkable. For a number of years she has been the leading light of the Indian women's cricket," Chamundi told TOI, adding that women's cricket needs a lot of encouragement.
"Our girls are performing quite well. We need to encourage women's cricket in a big way. I think with their brilliant show in England they have brought a lot of attention to the women's game. More girls will be inspired to take up cricket now," said Chamundi, who was also the former skipper of the Andhra Ranji team.
Last August after PV Sindhu won the silver and
Sakshi Mallik
bagged bronze, Chamundi gave four BMW cars. Cricket legend
Sachin Tendulkar presented the cars to PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmarkar and coach
Pullela Gopichand at a small function held in Hyderabad.
Earlier
Saina Nehwal,
Parupalli Kashyap
and a few other shuttlers were honoured with cars by Chamundi, who is also the vice-president of the Hyderabad District Badminton Association.