(Alwarpet Cricket Club (ACC) is one of the teams sponsored by The Sanmar Group – participating in the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) senior division league in which it has completed more than 50 years)
From l to r: N Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, R B Alaganan, past President, TNCA, V A Parthasarathy, Secretary, Alwarpet CC, N Srinivasan, President, TNCA, N Sankar, past President, TNCA and A C Muthiah, past President, Board of Control for Cricket in India.
At a function organised by The Sanmar Group to highlight the 50th year of Alwarpet Cricket Club in the senior league and felicitate V A Parthasarathy (VAP), the Secretary of the Club, speakers hailed the contributions VAP has made to Tamil Nadu cricket.
N Sankar, Chairman, The Sanmar Group, the current sponsor, described ACC’s achievement as a “unique milestone” and “a benchmark” in city cricket. He referred to VAP as a “person totally committed to cricket”. He added, “The league here is the best run in the country”.
N Srinivasan, President, TNCA, complimented VAP for the role he played in establishing the Club House and guiding ACC to achieve a rare distinction. “TNCA without VAP will not be what it is today”, he declared amidst cheers. N Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, and a former captain of ACC, hailed VAP’s enthusiasm and resourcefulness in running the team under the umbrella of the sponsors.
A section of the audience including (l to r) M Subramanian, U Prabhakar Rao, M Gopalakrishnan, S R Jagannathan, K Prem Kumar, R Ravichandran and T G Thyagarajan in the first row.
Former BCCI President A C Muthiah admitted that the TNCA owed a lot to VAP’s energy and enterprise. S Viji of the TVS Group admired VAP’s ability to network and described him as “Value Added Parthasarathy”, appreciating his work ethos and commitment.