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ICC level 1 coach unveils academy under CA banner
Kolkata: International Cricket Council (ICC) Level 1 coach Aparup Chakraborty kick-started his cricket coaching centre — the “Straight Drive Cricket Academy” — in association with Cricket Australia (CA) here on Wednesday.
The academy has the rights to deliver the Cricket Education Programme (CEP) which has been designed by the Australian board, Chakraborty told the media.
The programme, slated to be conducted at the City Athletic Club ground, will strive to provide a six-level cricket development plan after which a player will be awarded a ‘Diploma of Cricket’ certificate from CA.
Former Australian speedster Brett Lee is the Brand Ambassador’ and batsman Michael Hussey and Ellyse Perry are the role models’ of the cricket education programme, he said.
The programme will also allow its students the opportunity to play the Under-14 and Under-17 tournaments held by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).
Chakraborty also confirmed that there will be a Women’s Cricket Academy “the first of its kind in Maidan (the city’s sports hub).”
Present at the event were CAB joint secretary Subir Ganguly, treasurer Biswaroop Dey and former India women’s captain Jhulan Goswami.
“It is time to have better infrastructure in place so that we can have the next Sourav Ganguly or Jhulan Goswami coming up from these academies,” Dey said.
“I would want the academy to help us spread cricket in the districts. There is a lot of untapped talent out there,” Ganguly opined.
A jersey for the academy was also unveiled with the CA logo on the left.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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