Triumphant with the Trophy
Enthused by the local community in
London, the Parsee Gymkhana team won
by 68 runs to lift the 1886 Trophy
Parinaz Gandhi
One apple was shared by every member of the Parsi Gymkhana (PG) cricket team including their "lucky mascot” actor Boman Irani, on their way to the Kia Oval cricket ground in London on August 23, 2019. It was a bhanaili (consecrated) fruit specially given by a lady the previous night at the Khordad Saal function hosted by the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe (ZTFE). She wanted the visiting PG team to win the1886 Trophy match against the local Charles Alcock XI (CAXI). Whether it was the blessed fruit or the "warmth” exuded by the over 300 cheering Zoroastrians who had......
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