In an unprecedented move by any of the IPL franchise, Rajasthan Royals has launched its first Cricket Academy in the United Kingdom. The IPL team of Rajasthan has made this announcement on their official website.
Collaborating with the Star Cricket Academy based at Reed’s School in Surrey, the Rajasthan Royals has relaunched the facility as the ‘Rajasthan Royal Academy’.
The Newly launched sports facility pledges to meet impeccable standard of cricket and houses a state-of-the-art cricket centre named as the Jarrett Centre.
The Cricket Centre is an indoor training centre which has former professional batsman Siddharth Lahiri at the helm along with his team of elite coaches including former England International and Mentor to the academy, Keith Medlycott.
The Rajasthan Royals Team who always been working in the quest of hidden talents has launched their grassroots program in India named as the Royals Colts for boys and Royal Sparks for Girls in the month of October 2018.
Now, with this new announcement, the royals which has strong hold in the UK due to team’s association with two major English Cricketers, Jos Buttler and Ben Strokes along with team of owner Manoj Badale’s crucial effort to change the demography of cricketing world.
Speaking ahead of the launch of the academy, Manoj Badale, Lead owner Rajasthan Royals said, “Education and sports go hand in hand, which helps in building strong characters and leaders. Rajasthan Royals Academy is a great way to engage the youth, develop talent, and potentially find the stars of the future.”
Jos Buttler said: “I am delighted that Rajasthan Royals are launching an academy in the UK. There is so much talent here and the learnings that can be transferred from the IPL and Indian cricket in general are immense!”
“We have entered into this partnership to engage with the growing cricketing talent in the UK with learnings from the most innovative T20 league in the world. I am very thankful to Sid who shares the same vision as the Royals and agreed to join hands and provide training of the highest quality to budding cricket enthusiasts in the UK,” added Zubin Bharucha, Head of Cricket, Rajasthan Royals.
The state of the art facility at Reeds has an exclusively built cricket centre called the Jarrett Centre. It is an indoor cricket training centre run by Sid Lahiri along with his team of international coaches that include Ollie Pope (England & Surrey), Ryan Patel (Under 19 England, Surrey pro), Amar Virdi (Surrey) and Alex Milton (Worcestershire).
“It feels great to be laying the foundations for the future careers of so many cricketers. I am honoured to have Rajasthan Royals on board who have always been keen on providing opportunities to young talent. We are thrilled to be starting on this new journey and are hopeful of producing cricket superstars from the Rajasthan Royals Academy,” said Sid Lahiri, Academy Director-Rajasthan Royals Academy.
The franchise is keen to create an exchange programme across India and UK wherein the children from the UK will receive an opportunity to come to Institute of Sport, Nagpur and learn insights from the Indian experts, with the students from India getting an opportunity to learn new techniques and tactics from international coaches. In other words, the students will be far better prepared due to expertise from Indian as well as international coaches.
The franchise has a belief that talent can come from anywhere and it strongly supports it. Known as underdogs since the initiation of the IPL, RR has always encouraged budding talent and given them a platform to hone their skills.
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