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HCA sets out to build cricket infrastructure in 31 districts
The Hyderabad Cricket Association has formed a five-member District Cricket Infrastructure Development Committee to set up offices and develop cricket grounds in all 31 districts of Telangana, excluding Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy.…
The Story in Brief
The Hyderabad Cricket Association has formed a five-member District Cricket Infrastructure Development Committee to set up offices and develop cricket grounds in all 31 districts of Telangana, excluding Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy. Committee chairman T. Sheshnarayan told a press conference on Wednesday that the panel will identify locations for district-centric HCA offices and approach schools and institutions to lease grounds. He said the HCA will study models from Jharkhand and West Bengal and hopes to involve TG20 franchise owners to invest in their respective districts. Eventually, each district may have its own league and a district association affiliated to the HCA, with procedures to be laid out by a single-member committee led by retired Justice P. Naveen Rao.
The Indian Opinion
The HCA's district push sounds promising, but Indian cricket is littered with grand plans that never left the boardroom. Promises of leagues in every district and leased school grounds will mean little if the committee cannot acquire a single property. Sheshnarayan's emotive appeal to district players is welcome, but enthusiasm does not lay turf. The real test will come in six months: how many offices are actually opened and how many grounds are secured for play? Talk is cheap; bricks and wickets are not.
Source: deccanchronicle.com
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