(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) As part of its commitment to harnessing potential, and grooming young talent across India, Rajasthan Royals, in partnership with the Assam Cricket Association, on Tuesday announced the launch of the State Cricket Academy, Assam, powered by Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati.
The IPL franchise has announced their first academy in the North East, which is in line with their vision of discovering, nurturing, promoting and providing a platform to young talent.
The Academy is based in Guwahati s Barsapara stadium and will cater to young cricketers (men and women) across Assam and other north-eastern states.
The Royals, through this academy, will also help develop an elite group of Assam cricketers through a complete training and education programme including both on and off the pitch essentials, ensuring their all-round development.
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) SSPARK Managing Services, a 360-degree sports management and marketing firm based in Jaipur, announced the first round of signings that includes leading athletes of the country.
The current roster includes kabbadi stars Deepak Hooda, Ajay Thakur, cricketers Ravi Bishnoi, Priya Punia, boxer Saweety Boora and athlete Arokia Rajiv.
Over the years, SSPARK Managing Services has worked in some of the biggest sporting events such as the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Pro-Kabaddi League.
The sports management firm is the brainchild of Rajeev Khanna, who has over 16 years of experience in the sport industry. We, at SSPARK, focus on unearthing and nurturing young talent and provide them with a platform for their development on and off the field, said Khanna, who was also the Rajasthan Royals vice president at the 2020 IPL.
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) When Rahmanullah Gurbaz first picked up a cricket bat, he just wanted to play like AB de Villiers. The South African s range of exhilarating strokes inspired the young Afghan so much that he began practising De Villiers bat-swing. And he started hitting the ball in a style that would now remind every cricket aficionado of the Proteas genius.
Of course, it s one thing to try to bat like your hero and quite another to pull it off on the big stage.
And in the 19-year-old Gurbaz, Afghanistan may have unearthed a genuine batting talent one that could follow in the footsteps of the country s two brilliant spinners, Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, as a world-class performer.
Australia s Glenn Maxwell said he would like to go to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) so that he can get to bat with his idol AB de Villiers.
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) England were outplayed by India in the second Test but can still win the crucial series, captain Joe Root said on Tuesday.
England s run of six straight wins in foreign Tests came to a crashing halt in their 317-run defeat in Chennai that levelled the four-match series 1-1. We have been, let s be honest, outplayed in all three departments this week, Root said after the game.
India scored more than 600 runs on a turning pitch on which two England innings could not even match India s first innings of 329.
Root said he believed the toss was critical, but did not use the state of the pitch as an excuse for the defeat.