Trials for spotting cricket talent in Aug
‘Pratibhashali 2017’—a programme to spot talent in the gentlemen’s game cricket was off to its official start in the state capital on Friday with the announcement of three-day trials from August 18 to 20, at the Lucknow Christian College ground here.
The programme designed by former left-arm spinner Maninder Singh and Australian allrounder Darren Lehman is expected to have over 500 young cricketers from the state capital in two different categories during the trials.
“At least 40-50 cricketers are expected to challenge each other before going to the national trials at Noida,” said Pratibhashali 2017’s chairman Vishal Uppal on Friday.
“It’s a programme to spot talent worldwide, and we have plans to conduct trials in seven cities of Uttar Pradesh, including Allahabad, Muzzafarnagar, Meerut, Noida, Ghaziabad, Kanpur etc.”
“Finally, a team of selected cricketers would be sent to Australia for advance training and physical endurance,” said Uppal, adding, “We have received a great response in Punjab and Himachal and so far 48 players have been selected for the national trials.”
“We are doing everything for cricketers free of cost,” he added.
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Kritagya Singh of Lucknow has been chosen for the India under-19 camp at the National Cricket Academy at Bangalore. The camp will take place between July 24 to August 16. A trainee of the Vishwajeet Sinha at the Colvin College has played in UP’s under-16 team.