It was once BCCI that ‘purchased’ Neeraj Chopra’s javelin all over e-auction in 2021

NEW DELHI: It was once BCCI, which had made a profitable bid of Rs 1.5 crore for Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra‘s javelin when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s selection of mementos was once e-auctioned final yr, a Cricket Board legit informed PTI on Friday.
Chopra had introduced one among his javelins to Modi when the Prime Minister hosted Indian athletes after the Tokyo Games,
The javelin was once a part of many pieces that had been introduced all over the e-auction, the proceeds of which went to ‘Namami Gange Program,
,Namami Gange Program’, introduced in 2014, integrates the efforts to scrub and give protection to the Ganga river.
The public sale was once held between September and October in 2021.

“BCCI had made the winning bid for Neeraj’s javelin. But we also bid for a couple of other collectibles. It (Namami Gange) is a noble cause and the office bearers in BCCI felt that as one of the premier sporting bodies in the country, we had a duty towards the nation,” a senior BCCI legit informed PTI on stipulations of anonymity.
“As an organization we are proud that we have a sporting good of one of India’s greatest athletes,” the legit mentioned.
The BCCI had additionally contributed Rs 51 crore to PM Cares fund all over the primary wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Apart from Chopra’s javelin, the BCCI additionally purchased an angavastra, autographed by means of the Indian Paralympic contingent for Rs 1 crore.
While Chopra’s javelin that was once purchased by means of BCCI fetched the best possible bid price, fencer Bhavani Devi‘s sword fetched Rs 1.25 crore whilst Paralympic champion javelin thrower Sumit Antil’s javelin was once purchased for Rs 1.002 crore by means of different bidders.
Lovlina Borgohain’s boxing gloves had been purchased for Rs 91 lakh.
During the public sale final yr, 1348 mementos together with sports activities collectibles had been installed for the e-auction and a complete of 8600 bids had been gained.
Recently, Chopra had donated the javelin he used to win the Olympic gold in Tokyo, to the Lausanne primarily based Olympic museum. It was once showed by means of the legit twitter deal with for the Games.