Gavaskar bats for local club cricket

MUMBAI:CITING his own example, the legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday stressed the importance of club cricket, and called it “life and soul” of the sport.

“Club cricket is the life and soul of cricket and everybody comes up from club cricket,” Gavaskar said after inaugurating the Hemant Waigankar Study Room of Dadar Parsi Zoroastrian Cricket Club in Matunga in Central Mumbai.

“Today when a cricketer becomes big, it is only because of club cricket. If club cricket is not there, the he (the player) won’t become big, we all started (in the same way),” Gavaskar, who also attended the prize distribution of Kalpesh Govind Kohli Memorial Cricket Tournament said.

“Even I started in the same way. After school, I played for the Club (Dadar Union), then when I made runs in the Club, I got a chance to go ahead, as the selection committee understood that he made runs. I will only tell you that, play matches passionately, as you have to win, but play with happiness,” the veteran of 125 Tests said.

Virar / Palghar Centre won the The Kalpesh Govind Kohli Memorial Cricket Tournament riding on Aman Tiwari and Aaron Rodriques’ heroics with the ball.

BRIEF SCORES

Virar / Palghar Centre : 194 (Aditya Warang 45,; Ayush Zimare 4/35, Prince Badiani 2/57, Omkar Khot 2/38) bt Worli Centre 171 Tanmay Buram 33, Ayush Zimare 87, Aman Tiwari 3/35, Aaron Rodriques 3/26) on first innings lead.