Gavaskar returns unused Mumbai cricket academy plot

Mumbai, May 4:  A government plot allotted to former India cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar nearly three decades ago to set up a cricket academy has been returned by the cricketer.

 Gavaskar returned the plot to the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA).

  Maharashtra State Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad, who had last year expressed displeasure over Gavaskar not utilising the plot in suburban Bandra, confirmed that Gavaskar had written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray about surrendering the plot.

  Earlier, the cricket legend had approached Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray with a plan to develop the academy, but it did not materialise.