A recognition for emerging Tamil Nadu sportspersons
The Hindu
Ten emerging Tamil Nadu athletes receive ₹50,000 scholarships at a CSK event, inspiring future sports talent.
Ten budding sportspersons were presented with ₹50,000 each at the Chennai Super Kings-Tamil Nadu Sports Journalists’ Association Scholarships 2025-26 held with the support of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday.
Chess prodigies — the eight-year-old Tamizh Amudhan (the only under-9 player in the world rated above 2000 Elo) and nine-year-old R. Aaranya (Asian youth champion) — were the youngest beneficiaries this year.
Tamizh Amudhan receives the scholarship from Rupa Gurunath and Ayush Mhatre. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU
Among those present were CSK’s Wholetime Director Rupa Gurunath, CEO K.S. Viswanathan, India under-19 World Cup-winning captain and CSK batter Ayush Mhatre, gold medal-winning hockey Olympic skipper V. Baskaran, and table tennis legend Sharath Kamal.
The other prominent sportspersons were veteran volleyball player M. Ukkrapandian, former India U-19 cricket captain M. Senthilnathan, former TN cricketer S. Sharath (BCCI junior selection committee chairman), and India footballer R. Sandhiya.
R. Aaranya gets the scholarship from Rupa Gurunath and Ayush Mhatre. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU
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