Ratan Tata promoted sports by developing a special bond with these great players, notably Dhoni-Ganguly

India's famous industrialist Ratan Tata, who was undergoing treatment in a hospital in Mumbai for the last few days, died on Wednesday night. He breathed his last at 86 years of age. With Ratan Tata, an era has also come to an end. His death has sent waves of mourning across the world. Everybody is remembering his work for him and giving tribute. His death has come as a big shock not only for the industry but also for sports, as he had a special attachment with sports, especially cricket. He was known to promote sports and its players. Many great cricketers got full support from the Tata Group during their cricket journey.

So, Ratan Tata's various firms used to help the Indian cricketers improve their game with financing and simultaneous jobs. Tata Group has been committed to helping sports talent altogether, to which the beneficiaries are all the players, especially starting from the players representing the country. The veteran captains of the Indian team received full support from the Indian Airlines for MS Dhoni, Tata Steel for Sourav Ganguly, and Dilip Vengsarkar for Tata Power.

It was due to the extreme love for sports of Ratan Tata that many famous cricketers had direct association with Tata Group companies. Farooq Engineer got a job in Tata Motors. Air India played an important role in the career of cricketers like Mohinder Amarnath, Sanjay Manjrekar, Robin Uthappa and VVS Laxman. At the same time, Indian Airlines gave a platform to many players including Javagal Srinath, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif and Yuvraj Singh.

Others who have similarly received Tata's support include Kiran More, Rusi Surti, Sandeep Patil, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Robin Uthappa, Nikhil Chopra, Irfan Pathan, RP Singh, Dinesh Mongia, Ajit Agarkar, Rohan Gavaskar, Ramesh Powar and lately Shardul Thakur, Jayant Yadav and Jhulan Goswami.

It is not that Ratan Tata only supported cricket, he promoted every sport. He gifted Tata Curvv EV electric car to shooter Manu Bhaker who won medal in Paris Olympics and PR Sreejesh, who was the goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team. Besides this, Ratan Tata is also known for helping sportspersons and gifting them luxury cars from time to time.