The other half will be given to young cricketers identified by him. The MCA, it is learnt, denied Jadhav his pension since they felt he was doing well for himself, including owning a Mercedes car.

Currently, a Mumbai under-16 selector, Jadhav felt the Cricketers' Foundation whose chairman includes Dr Makarand Waingankar, a journalist Jadhav knows since his formative years, was an apt organisation to donate his pension to.

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Other trustees of Cricketers' Foundation are Abhijit Sanzgiri, Fredun De Vitre, Amit Gadkari, Dr Shailesh Shrikhande and Salil Datar. ‘To recognise and offer a helping hand’ is the foundation’s credo.

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