Three retired cricket coaches—Hemant Hadkar, 91, Ashok Kamat, 78, and Sharad Rumde 72—were handed a one-time payment ranging from R50,000 to R75,000 by the Cricketers' Foundation, a public charitable trust chaired by Dr Makarand Waingankar.

Hadkar, the oldest among the recipients, coached several first-class and international cricketers over the last five decades; notable among his wards being Dilip Vengsarkar, who was coached by Hadkar at school.