Indian badminton star slams Maharashtra govt for step-motherly remedy
JAIPUR: A day after Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been felicitated by Maharashtra authorities for profitable the T20 World Cup, Chirag Shetty lashed out on the authorities for giving badminton step-motherly remedy.
One of many chief architects of India’s historic Thomas Cup triumph in 2022, Chirag got here down closely on the state govt for ignoring his achievement after the Indian badminton squad gained the distinguished staff championships beautiful Indonesia 3-0 in Bangkok.
“Thomas Cup is equal to profitable the World Cup. I used to be a part of the Indian badminton staff which gained its maiden title, surprising champions Indonesia within the closing. I used to be the one Maharashtra participant within the Indian staff. When the government can honour World Cup-winning cricket stars, they need to have additionally recognised my efforts. Authorities ought to deal with some other sport equally,” Chirag informed TOI on Saturday.
Mumbai’s Chirag, who’s making ready for the Paris Olympics along with his doubles associate Satwiksairaj Rankireddy on the nationwide camp in Hyderabad beneath skilled coach Mathias Boe of Denmark, made it clear that he has nothing towards cricket or cricketers.
“I’ve nothing towards cricket. In actual fact, all of us badminton gamers watched the T20 World Cup closing reside on TV and celebrated enthusiastically. We’re blissful and proud about their sensational win towards South Africa within the closing. Equally, we had additionally achieved one thing outstanding a few years in the past, however the state authorities didn’t even felicitate me, go away aside giving any money rewards. Earlier than 2022, the Indian badminton staff had by no means even reached the semifinals however we created historical past by profitable the title,” mentioned the 27-year-old, a recipient of Khel Ratna Award.
The Maharashtra authorities introduced a money prize of Rs 11 crore for the T20 World Cup-winning Indian staff on Friday.
Chirag and Satwik have been the primary Indian males’s doubles pair to achieve world No. 1 rating just a few months in the past. The ace duo was instrumental in guiding the Indian badminton staff to a number of memorable victories on the Asian Video games, Commonwealth Video games and Olympics apart from profitable many BWF World Tour titles.
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