The Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur presented cash awards to the medal winning athletes from the Asian Games women’s cricket, shooting and rowing teams at a felicitation function here on Thursday.
The gold winning women’s cricket team, led by Harmanpreet Kaur was the cynosure of all eyes, even though only four members could attend the function. Harmanpreet along with Shafali Verma, Amanjot Kaur and Kanika Ahuja collected Rs. 2.25 crore on behalf of the whole team.
The gold fetches Rs. 30 lakh in Asian Games. And a team of more than 10 players gets five times the amount to be distributed among the players. As a special case, the 15-member team was given Rs. 15 lakh each.
