Gujarat diamond baron announces cash award for women hockey players

Harikrishna Diamond Group's MD Savji Dholakia has announced Rs 2.5 lakh cash award for each player in the Indian women's hockey team. He took to Twitter to invite every player to Surat.

Surat: Honouring the Indian women's hockey team's performance at Tokyo Olympics 2021, diamantaire Savji Dholakia from Surat has announced Rs 2.5 lakh cash award for each player. Managing Director of Harikrishna Diamond Group, Dholakia took to Twitter and said that they are giving an impetus to players so that the players remain motivated. Hari Krishna Group is inviting everyone to come to Surat. Each player will be honoured with an incentive amount of Rs 2.5 lakh.

Meanwhile, Haryana government has announced a cash reward of Rs 50 lakh for each player. The Indian women's team did its best-ever performance at the ongoing Olympics, where it finished fourth after losing 3-4 to Great Britain in the bronze medal play-off match in Tokyo on August 6. The Indians played their hearts out and overcame a two-goal deficit to lead 3-2 at halftime. However, a desperate Great Britain came hard at our team in the second half and scored two goals to snatch the match from India's hands.

At the end of the game, skipper Rani's father Rampal told the media at his Shahabad home in Kurukshetra that the Indian team played well and were unlucky to lose out on its maiden Olympic medal. He said the team's performance at the Olympics will have a positive impact on the game and will encourage youngsters to take up the sport. Goalkeeper Savita Punia's father Mahender Punia said there was no need to feel dejected. "Match result may not be on our side, but they really played well," he said. Neha Goyal's mother Savitri turned emotional while watching the game. Notably, most of the women hockey players come from humble backgrounds.