Organisers of a cricket tournament in Vadodara have taken the discourse on cow and its protection a notch higher by presenting the winning team with a cow each as prize.

The Rabri community in Gujarat had organised the tournament and decided to gift a cow each to the players of the winning team so as to raise awareness about the mother-like bovine.

The community is believed to have close connection with cattle and this step is being hailed as a positive step to safeguard cows from slaughter.

"With this tournament we want to send a message that cow is a very important component in our society. Rabari community has always protected the cattle as it is our livelihood," Organiser of the tournament Prakash Rabari said.

Since the past year the community devised a unique way to raise awareness about cows by awarding the animal as a prize to the man of the match.

A player Raju Rabari said "We want the state to recognize cow as the national animal, only then can we save them." He added that all the players were immensely happy receiving such a prize after winning the match.

With inputs from ANI

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