Advanced cricket students to benefit the most, says coach Madhavan
Dubai:
When temperatures soar in the UAE summer and make it difficult to play cricket outdoors, SGK International Cricket Academy, based on the outskirts of Bengaluru in South India, offers a perfect solution to aspiring cricketers to hone their skills.
R. Madhavan, a former Tamil Nadu batsman who represented Under-25 India against England in the Eighties, will be one of the coaches while there will be several other renowned coaches and ex-internationals at hand to provide the guidance.
“It is open for clubs, academies and even school teams in the UAE to make use of the facilities. However, the advanced and semi-advanced level players stand to benefit the most,” said Madhavan, a former UAE resident who once shared a 240-run partnership with Mohammad Azharuddin for the Under-25 national team against England, led by David Gower.
An added incentive, according to Madhavan, is that, should some of these academies or teams require further training, the left-hander is willing to bring a set of coaches to the UAE as a follow-up.
The academy has five turf wickets, besides a concrete wicket and two artificial turf wickets, a gymnasium, swimming pool, a dormitory to house a 15-member team and a bowling machine. The academy is also planning to offer video analysis. Incidentally, the Kerala Ranji Trophy team used the facilities to prepare for the 2012 season.
“Keeping the interest of state teams from India and abroad, we plan to create indoor nets where teams can practice on natural grass,” says Chandrashekhar K., Chairman and Managing Director of the academy.
For further details, contact www.sgkinternationalcricketacademy.com or Chandrashekhar K. 050-6589449
source: http://www.gulfnews.com / Gulf News / Home> Sport> Cricket / by A.K.S. Satish, Pages Editor / April 02nd, 2013