Mithali Raj gifted BMW by V Chamundeswaranath for stellar performance in Women’s World Cup
Encouragement is all one needs and it is a matter of pride when you see women emerging in the field of sports, especially cricket, which has till now only been seen as a game played by men in India.
Mithali Raj, who led team India to the finals of the recently-concluded ICC Women’s World Cup, was on Tuesday gifted a BMW by businessman V Chamundeswaranath.
India ended up as the runner-up in the global tournament after losing to England in the finals by just nine runs. However, the team did put up a good show and gave a tough fight in managing to reach the finals.
Hyderabad: Businessman V Chamundeswaranath gifted a BMW car to Indian women’s national cricket team captain Mithali Raj pic.twitter.com/IDK58Vtjer
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 1, 2017
“This is not the first time, but second time that he is gifting me a car,” Mithali said.
Back in 2005, he had gifted a Chevrolet car to Mithali after the team reached the World Cup finals where they lost to Australia.
“He (Chamundeswaranath) is one person a sportsperson can count on for encouragement and support,” she added.
“Not just this, he has also gifted me many bats, with which I …read more