Sesame open doors for young cricketer

TALENTED young cricketer Denesh Ramdin has been given a gift of more than $3,000 in playing equipment as he prepares to lead Trinidad and Tobago in the upcoming regional championships.

The Presentation College, Chaguanas student who is currently awaiting CXC results, was the beneficiary of the gear from Sesame Foods Limited, a Freeport-based snack manufacturing company, who responded to a request from his club, Clico Preysal. Presentation of the gear took place recently at Bert’s Sports in the Jubilee Building, Main Road Chaguanas. In attendance were chairman of Sesame Foods, Zainool Hassanali; Chief Operations Officer Sharon Ali; and Shaffina Hassanali, a director of the company. Ramdin, a wicketkeeper, said he looks forward to captaining the national team in the annual championships which will be staged in August in neighbouring Guyana. He thinks Trinidad and Tobago has an excellent chance of dethroning defending champions Barbados, and believes he is now fully equipped to play a major role in realising this objective. Shaffina Hassanali, a self-confessed cricket fanatic, said she was only too happy to contribute to the young player’s development and is optimistic that he will do his country and team proud in the tournament. “I truly believe that he is an outsanding player and the sponsorship  will help him better prepare,” Hassanali said.