BHUBANESWAR : The MGM School of Sports on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Coaching Beyond to develop cricketing expertise in Odisha. The pact was signed right here in presence of CMD of MGM Minerals Ltd Pankaj Lochan Mohanty and former Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri.

One of the nation’s main cricket teaching academies, Coaching Beyond is the brainchild of Shastri, Bharat Arun and R Sridhar, former coaches of Team India.

MGM School of Sports has a residential academy with a capability for 50 trainees on the outskirts of Cuttack.

As a part of the enterprise, younger cricketers within the age group of 16-19 can be chosen by means of a scientific course of and imparted greatest within the coaching on the academy. Coaching Beyond can be its information accomplice and herald the perfect on the earth technical experience to teach and groom budding cricketers. Former Test cricketer Venkatapathy Raju has been employed because the marketing consultant coach.

Talking to media individuals, Shastri mentioned cricket is now not confined to metro cities of India as gamers from smaller cities and cities have proved their mettle within the nationwide and worldwide circuits. “Exposure to quality coaching, better infrastructure and opportunities to the players by MGM School of Sports will produce international cricketers from Odisha soon,” mentioned the ace commentator and former Indian coach.

Mohanty mentioned the MGM School of Sports can be a excessive efficiency cricket academy the place 50 gamers can be chosen and their quantity in each female and male classes can be raised sooner or later. The academy may also run a every day teaching programme for each girls and boys of all age-groups. “Other academies of the state will be a feeder line to our academy,” he mentioned.

MGM School of Sports has worldwide customary cricket grounds, turf, astroturf and matting pitches, a six-lane indoor enviornment, gymnasium, swimming pool, physiotherapy and restoration centre. One-to-one teaching would be the secret of our academy, Mohanty mentioned.

Reminiscing his expertise in Cuttack, Shastri mentioned he performed at Barabati Stadium almost 4 many years in the past and scored a century. “Never did I expect to be here after so many years to groom young cricketers of Odisha. Cricket has not changed in our country, the competition is the same to get a place in the national squad.”