Laxman represented Team India in 134 Tests, across which he scored 8,781 runs in 225 innings at an average of 45.97. 17 centuries and 56 half-centuries have come out of his bat, with the best score of 281
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 9 (ANI): India football team captain Sunil Chhetri on Sunday, interacted with cricketers from the North East and Plate Group at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 30 (ANI): India head coach Rahul Dravid on Friday interacted with cricketers from the North East and Plate Group at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
New Delhi Apr 26 PTI The National Cricket Academy is organising a camp in Bengaluru to help players from the north eastern states and those in the plate group upgrade their skill-sets under the tutelage of renowned coaches including Ashes winning bowling coach Troy Cooley Close to 150 cricketers from the region are taking part in the camp and they will also get to interact with NCA head and India great VVS Laxman The BCCI wants to ensure that players from Mizoram Manipur Meghalaya Arunachal Pradesh Sikkim get the best coaching and infrastructural facilities to be on par with the best domestic teams This initiative by BCCI will give young and budding talents equal opportunity to hone their skills and represent India across formats NE has enormous potential in sports and the board will keep no stone unturned to ensure that we are able to tap the best talent for the country BCCI secretary Jay Shah tweeted The fast bowlers are being trained by one of the worlds acclaimed pace bowling coach Cooley while batters are working under the guidance of U-19 World Cup winning coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar The spinners are under former India leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule While BCCI hasnt provided any details about the duration of the camp it is understood that the NCA has lined up a number of coaching programmes including U-19 Zonal Cricket Academy camps which will be held across various cities including Surat Vijaywada to name a few Based on performances till Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 quarter-finals 150 players 25 from each of the six zones including NE and new areas have been selected for the camp It includes nine pacers from each of the six zones and there will be an aim to increase the pool of fast bowlers After the initial camp it will be further pruned and those who will be the next batch of India U-19s will be selected PTI KHS KHS BS BS
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 20 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced that the National Cricket Academy has kickstarted its calendar with a camp for the northeastern states and plate teams.