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Kolkata: MS Dhoni ‘s idea of promoting school cricket takes a step forward as he is opening Adamas Cricket Acdemy in Barasat which will provide all the state-of-the-art facilities that include 12 wickets, 2 fields and 8 bowling machines. Ranji-veteran players will guide the youngsters who will make frequent trip to other states and abroad to get themselves adjusted to different situation and conditions.
Besides, academy will arrange world class physio and trainers, modern gymnasium facilities and swimming pool for the physical development of the players. Reputed academic institution Adamas Knowledge City will provide the land for the academy. The Academy will run the same way as the Sehwag International School as they will provide schooling and hostel facilities too.
This will provide an ideal opportunity for the budding talents to nurture their passion for game without hampering their studies. The academy is set to be inaugurated in November and Indian world cup winning captain Dhoni is expected to grace the occasion. The BCCI too is helping MSD with his ideas and providing him support from behind.
Since Dhoni too started his career as a school cricketer, he always remains passionate about school crickets and his academy has tie-up with many schools across the country that promote the young talents. Earlier Dhoni already had opened such kind of academies in small cities like Varanasi and Patna.
Subhomay Das, the ex-cricketer and the head of the academy, informed us, “I have shared dressing room with Dhoni since my under-16 and U-19 days. The moment I conceived the idea of forming the academy, I approached Dhoni first to promote the academy. Much to his delight, Dhoni immediately gave a go-ahead to this plan and vouched to extend his helping hand.”
Few days ago, Adamas World School (a part of RICE Group) announced its partnership with sporting expert Aarka Sports Management to establish ‘Adamas Cricket Academy’. It entered into an agreement by signing a MoU in the presence of M.S. Dhoni-Captain, Indian Cricket Team, Mr. Samit Ray-Chairman, RICE Group & Chancellor, Adamas University, Mr. Surojit Biswas-President, RICE Group, Mr. Mihir Diwakar with Bengal cricketer and head of the academy Mr. Subhomoy Das.
The highlight of this strategic alliance is the presence of the Present Captain of Indian ODI and T20I Cricket Team, M.S. Dhoni who will mentor and coach the aspiring cricketers who join Adamas Cricket Academy. For the upcoming young talents in West Bengal it is going to be a dream come for the players of the Cricket Academy will be coached by the cricketing expert himself.