Chennai Super Kings reward Neeraj Chopra with ₹1 crore, present special jersey

Updated : Oct 31, 2021 17:47
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Editorji News Desk

It's been over 2 months that Neeraj Chopra won India's first Gold medal in a track and field sport at the Olympics, and the nation is celebrating the hero till now.

IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings rewarded Neeraj with Rs 1 crore. MS Dhoni-led Super Kings who recently clinched their 4th IPL title also presented Neeraj with a special jersey with the number 8758 on it. It represented his throw of 87.58m that won the youngster the men's javelin gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

CSK took to twitter to post the picture and captioned it 'The one with the Golden boy!  

Also read: As promised, Neeraj Chopra gets his Mahindra XUV700 Javelin Gold edition from Anand Mahindra

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