Steve Waugh's manager Harley Medcalf raises Rs 1.5 million for India's physically-challenged cricketers

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh’s manager, Harley Medcalf, has done something incredible. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many industries have taken a hit. One of them has to be the sports industry including cricket. Many players, officials and support staff of teams are suffering from no cricketing action due to COVID-19 debacle.

With little or no help, Medcalf stepped in and has lent a hand of support for the disabled cricket players of the Physically Challenged Cricket Association of India (PCCAI). During these tough times of the coronavirus pandemic, this help is somewhat of a blessing.

INR 5,000 each has been sent to 30 physically-challenged players

An amount of INR 5,000 has been granted to close to 30 physically-challenged cricketers. As reported by Times Now, the money has been sent to the bank accounts of the cricketers directly to help them financially.

PCCAI and Medcalf’s relationship and the association began a long time back. It was during a time when the former Australian skipper Steve Waugh was a tour to India. During this tour, he and his manager, Medcalf spent some time with the disabled cricketers of PCCAI. The Australian cricketer was highly impressed with the set up which was built for the development of cricket for disabled players.

During this meeting, Harley Medcalf and Ravi Chauhan, Secretary of PCCAI became known to each other. However, after that day, they even kept in touch with each other.

After getting to know about the tough times through which the players were going through amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Medcalf decided to do something. He raised funds for these cricketers and the effort saw him collected an amount of INR 1,50,000.

The lockdown period has been hard on everybody. Every industry has taken an economic hit during this situation. People who are connected with sports for their financial needs have suffered a great deal of trouble because of the current situation.

Ravi Chauhan, Secretary PCCAI, praised the effort of Harley. He thanked Waugh and Medcalf for what they did for the disabled players. “This just shows that Steve Waugh and his manager care for every disabled player. Every help is God-send for these players and they will always be thankful for this gesture of the Aussies,” he said, as reported by Times Now.