Chief guest Sandeep Patil recalls memories of the 1983 World Cup in a candid conversation with Sunandan Lele
Pune: 1983 World Cup winner Sandeep Patil awarded budding cricketers from the PYC Hindu Gymkhana with Prof. D. B. Deodhar scholarship at an event here on Monday.
Veer Kharkhanis (U-14), Ajun Sonar (U-14, U-16 & Maharashtra U-14), Yash Adhikari (U-16), and Atharv Nimje (U-16) were given scholarships. Amey Deshpande was also recognised for his outstanding performances in the debut season. The nature of the scholarship is ₹25,000 and memento.
Pacer Pradeep Dadhe, who played for Maharashtra in all three formats in the domestic season was awarded with a special memento and ₹11,000.
Present at the function were Kumar Tamhane, president of the PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Sarang Lagu, Hon. secretary of the club, Vinayak Dravid, club cricket secretary, and other managing committee members.
Aditya Pavangadkar from the Deodhar family was also present at the ceremony. Niranjan Godbole hosted the event.
Before the event, prominent sports journalist Sunandan Lele interviewed Sandeep Patil in a free-flowing conversation.
