Former India skipper Kapil Dev, on Wednesday, suggested Olympic-bound Indian athletes to specific themselves fearlessly on the mega-event beginning July 26 and hoped that the nation would hit double digit mark on the medals tally.
India can be represented by a robust 117-member athlete contingent in Paris and the nation hopes to higher seven-medal rely it logged in Tokyo.
“I can’t actually say for anyone however I can simply want all of them the luck and hope we must always win extra medals this 12 months and that’s essential,” Kapil, who can also be the president of Skilled Golf Tour of India (PGTI) stated right here on the sidelines of the launch of second version of the Trinity Golf Champions League (TGCL).
“My advise to all (Indian athletes) can be to go and categorical your self. I cross my finger and why not if we consider it (double digit medal haul) will occur.”
Kapil, nonetheless, shunned commenting on Indian cricket and newly-appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir.
“If Gautam Gambhir is taking that place (of head coach of Indian cricket staff), I want good luck to him and the staff. I hope they do higher than what now we have completed beforehand. I wish to want the Indian gamers all one of the best.”
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Kapil, who performed a number of newbie occasion again within the day, hoped that the game will proceed to develop within the nation.
“After I began enjoying cricket, I by no means thought golf will attain this peak. I hope to see golf reaching the heights of cricket at some point,” he stated.
“We simply want good sponsors to advertise the sport. With out sponsors, nothing is feasible. In 5 years time, we must always attain there,” added Kapil, who’s the ambassador of TGCL and likewise performs within the league.
Buoyed by the resounding success of the inaugural season final 12 months, which featured 4 groups, TGCL this 12 months will characteristic eight groups – seven from India and one from Sri Lanka. The occasion can be held in Bengaluru from September 2 to 7.
The league is an IPL type of a enterprise and can be performed within the Ryder Cup format with 20 gamers in every staff, which incorporates skilled, superstar and newbie golfers enjoying collectively.
The successful staff can be richer by Rs 30 lakh, whereas second and third positioned sides will get Rs. 15 and Rs 10 lakh respectively.
“It’s a singular idea, by no means seen one thing like this. I hope the prize cash for the winners of TGCL will a million {dollars} within the subsequent 5 years,” Kapil stated.
The eight groups collaborating on this 12 months’s TGCL are debutants Wave Riders, Mumbai Warriors, Chandigarh Titans, Chennai Hustlers, Dakshin Rangers, Lahari Lions, Golfism and Colombo Lions.