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BCCI Announces Rs 1cr Award For Neeraj Chopra, Rs 1.25cr For Hockey Team

By IANS News August 07, 2021 • 22:23 PM View: 1443

The Indian cricket board has announced a cash award of Rs 1 crore for Neeraj Chopra, who won India's first-ever athletics gold medal in Olympic history. It also set aside an award of Rs 1.25 crore for the Indian hockey team that won bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also announced cash awards of Rs 50 lakh to silver-medallists, wrestler Ravi Dahiya and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and Rs 25 lakh for individual bronze medal winners, shuttler PV Sindhu, boxer Lovlina Borgohain and wrestler Bajrang Punia.

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