Rajasthan Royals Announce Partnership with South Australian Government
August 21, 2014
Rajasthan Royals has today announced a partnership with the South Australian Government in an exclusive cricketing endeavour that will provide five young Indian cricketers the chance to travel to Adelaide, ailment Australia to experience their cricket facilities as part of Adelaide’s ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 programme.
Youngsters born 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1999 will be eligible to enter the competition for a chance to be selected.
The programme will reach out to students from schools from different parts of the country and the selection trials will be held in Delhi and Mumbai in late October and early November 2014.
The Premier of South Australia, impotent Jay Wetherill is on an official visit to India today and announced that Members of the Dream Team 15 will receive training from top coaches of the South Australian Cricket Association and will play matches against teams of South Australian school boys of the same age group.
Raghu Iyer, discount CEO of Rajasthan Royals, said: ”As a team, Royals have identified, nurtured and given playing opportunities to many of India’s top young cricketers.
“Therefore it is a privilege for Rajasthan Royals to partner South Australia in a unique endeavour that will help Indian school children receive fine training from top coaches of the South Australian Cricket Association.
“We thank the South Australian Premier, Jay Wetherill for taking forward such a commendable undertaking.”
Jay Weatherill said “Our objective with this program is to harness the passion that Indians have for the game and provide an opportunity to good cricketers who have the skills and love for cricket, but have not enrolled in a formal training program.”