Kapil Dev inducted as PGTI board member

Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev was on Monday inducted as one of many board members of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the sports activities physique mentioned.
Dev, who captained India to World Cup glory in 1983, mentioned he would work for the event of golf within the nation.
“I thank PGTI for allowing me to be a part of their board. I am extremely happy to be a part of PGTI and will do my best to promote golf as a sport that is doing well and has the potential to become one of the most coveted tours in sports,” Dev mentioned in a PGTI launch.
“…it is up to all of us to promote other sports including golf. I wish PGTI good luck for the upcoming events.”
Hailing the choice to incorporate Dev as a PGTI board member, ace Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh mentioned, “Mr Kapil Dev being inducted as a Board Member of the PGTI will open up a lot of doors for the PGTI. He is a sporting legend, a keen golfer and he has a vision so it will be great to see his experience come into play for the benefit of Indian professional golf.”
Meanwhile, the Delhi-NCR Open Golf Championship 2021, to be collectively organised by the TATA Steel PGTI and Prometheus School, Noida, will start on the scenic Golden Greens Golf Club in Gurugram on Tuesday. The Pro-Am occasion can be staged on March 20.
The event, the tenth occasion of the 2020-21 PGTI season, carries a prize purse of Rs 30 lakh. Golfers will earn Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) factors as they’ll enhance their probabilities of qualification for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
The event is anticipated to see a number of the prime Indian professionals in motion similar to Rashid Khan, Rahil Gangjee, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Chikkarangappa, Viraj Madappa and Khalin Joshi together with 10-time PGTI winner Udayan Mane and PGTI Order of Merit chief Karandeep Kochhar.
The race for qualification for Tokyo Olympics has entered an thrilling section with simply over three months remaining earlier than the closing date of June 21. Rashid Khan (306), Udayan Mane (317), Karandeep Kochhar (348) and Chikkarangappa (349) are the 4 highest-ranked Indians on the earth.