Former captain Kapil Dev on Monday doffed his hat at the rise of cricket as a career option for youngsters, saying that parents now encourage their children to take up the game to earn a living.
Former captain Kapil Dev on Monday doffed his hat at the rise of cricket as a career option for youngsters, saying that parents now encourage their children to take up the game to earn a living.
“Now a cricketer can earn Rs 10 crore for playing 40 days only (in the IPL). It is just fantastic. Cricket is a career option now,” Kapil said. “Times have changed and the thought process has changed. Now parents say to their children ‘if you do not want to study you can at least play cricket and become a Sachin Tendulkar or a Rahul Dravid’,” he said.
Kapil asked the government to provide the required sports infrastructure, including play fields, and reduce tax on sports goods and equipments. “I think the government will have to do its part by giving sports infrastructure if India wants to produce champions,” he said.
“The government will have to provide the sports infrastructure. Reduce the tax on sports goods. I heard that shooters have issues on importing their equipment and ammunition. The government will have to make it easy to bring in sports goods and equipments by reducing taxes on these,” he said.
