Vengsarkar to parents of school cricketers: Focus on education too
Updated On: 25 January, 2019 08:15 AM IST | Rohan Koli
"You [kids] have been wonderful cricketers. I would like to tell parents that the upbringing of a kid is very important. What happened to Hardik and Rahul should not happen to you. Education is very important," Vengsarkar said
Dilip Vengsarkar
Citing the example of Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul, whose sexist comments on a TV show landed them in trouble with the BCCI, former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar advised parents of school cricketers to focus on their children's education.
"You [kids] have been wonderful cricketers. I would like to tell parents that the upbringing of a kid is very important. What happened to Hardik and Rahul should not happen to you. Education is very important," Vengsarkar said.
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