The Aditya School of Sports (ASOS) announced a partnership with IPL team Delhi Capitals at an event held at the Kolkata Press Club today. Through this partnership, Delhi Capitals expanded its academy programme (run under the DC Cricket Academy banner), to the eastern part of the country for the first time and will be working closely with the ASOS Academy located in Barasat.
Present at the occasion were Mr. Dhiraj Malhotra (CEO, Delhi Capitals), Mr. Saba Karim (Former India Wicketkeeper & Head of Talent Search, Delhi Capitals), Mr. Jagrit Anand (Head of DC Cricket Academies), Mr. Pravin Amre (Assistant Coach Delhi Capitals), Anirban Aditya (Chairman, ASOS), Mr Ankit Aditya (Vice Chairman, ASOS) and Abdul Monayem as Head Coach and Talent Research Head, ASOS.
As a part of the association, a talent hunt will be conducted at the academy later this month and select candidates in the U-16 age group will be offered scholarship programmes at the DC Academy. Speaking at the occasion, Delhi Capitals CEO Mr Dhiraj Malhotra said, “We are very excited to bring our academy programme to a new part of the country. It is a superb opportunity for our scouts & coaches to keep an eye out for the young talent here. Our academy personnel from Delhi will also be making visits here for the best kind of knowledge sharing to happen.”
“Having represented Bengal for so long in domestic cricket, this is an extra special occasion for me,” said Syed Saba Karim. “Delhi Capitals is delighted to be here amidst the young players and coaches at ASOS. Together we will put in our resources and efforts to hone the talent here in the best possible manner. We look forward to this partnership very much.”
Mr. Anirban Aditya, Chairman of Aditya Group said, "With the inking of this MOU with Delhi Capitals, ASOS successfully enables to provide a Cricket Academy in West Bengal which has been a long-time dream of Aditya Group. A Cricket Academy at the national level will not only create ample opportunities for aspiring players but will also create a strong base for its students all the time."
Speaking about the initiative, Ankit Aditya, Vice Chairman of Aditya Group said: "We are extremely happy to be working with the DC Cricket Academy and provide the best Grassroot Training to the budding talents of the Country”
ABOUT ADITYA SCHOOL OF SPORTS:
Aditya School of Sports is one of Eastern India’s Best Sports Schools for providing budding and professional athletes a platform to pursue sporting excellence by providing them with world-class facilities and training by expert coaches and world-renowned mentors. The school also offers a rigorous and challenging sports program with the best-in-sports training and facilities in a nurturing environment for young people. At ASOS, every year boys and girls are selected in the Junior National teams. Our sprawling 30-acre campus at Barasat hosts a CBSE affiliated co-ed school, international size cricket ground and multi sports facilities. The Cricket stadium is now also approved by BCCI to host top level matches.
ABOUT DELHI CAPITALS CRICKET ACADEMY:
The DC Cricket Academy is an initiative of the JSW-GMR co-owned IPL team Delhi Capitals, started with the objective of identifying and grooming India’s future cricketing talent. The academies offer multiple programmes across age groups. The DC Talent Search wing, headed by former India cricketer Syed Saba Karim, works closely with the DC Cricket Academy. The DC Academy is proud to have coached and nurtured some of the finest emerging talents across Delhi NCR, who has gone on to shine bright at domestic competitions and get rostered in IPL teams as well. After nurturing talent across Delhi NCR for over 6 years now, we now plan to expand throughout the country, with a vision to provide uniform and best practices to all budding cricketers.
