Chennai: Chennai Super Kings honoured former cricketers who played for Tamilnadu at a special function in Chennai Tuesday.
Over the past 85 years, Tamilnadu has produced a lot of cricketers who have built the foundation for the thriving sport as we see it today.
As it is well known, cricketers in the early 50s and 60s did not get much monetary benefit playing the game that we all love so much.
In recognition and appreciation of their immense contribution towards the game, TNCA has instituted a one-time payment of Rs 5 lakh to cricketers, grounds men, match officials and others who helped build our sport.
Welcoming this initiative, CSK whose home base is Chennai, Tamilnadu has come forward to show their love and respect to these veterans and contributed Rs 7 lakh each to veteran cricketers. The beneficiaries include K R Rajagopal, Najam Hussain, SVS Mani, R Prabhakar and K Parthasarathy.