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First training ground for ICL |
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Posted by Sharad Chikara
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Sunday, 02 September 2007 |
The Indian Cricket League has signed a deal with Pentamedia Group, an entertainment company, to use its privately owned stadium near Chennai to begin coaching of its players from Friday.
The stadium is spread over 18 acres, is located about 15 kilometres from Chennai and is en route to Pondicherry. It houses an entertainment complex and three turf wickets. The ground is available on rent for corporations to stage their in-house matches. It has been used once before for India-Australia women's encounter in December 2004.
According to B. Udeep, Chief Executive Officer of Mayajaal Entertainment Limited and Mayajaal Sports Development, the ground is pretty much a fully fledged cricket set up. It's a tough wicket and is pretty much what players of ICL will get at any good professional stadium in India.
Giving details on the schedule of the training sessions, Udeep said, "The sessions are going to be in the morning, about 6 to 6.30 onward till evening about 4.00-5.00 with a break in the afternoon since sometimes Chennai tends to be hot between 2.00 to 3.00 in the afternoon. But, otherwise it is fairly spread out."
Describing the training sessions, Udeep said: "In morning, they will have their jogging session. Then they will have little swimming thrown in and then net practices. There will be a separate fielding practice."
The league was launched in May by India's Essel Group, which controls the country's listed media firm Zee Telefilms, and plans to stage its inaugural tournament in October with a mix of foreign and domestic cricketers. It has in its kitty over fifty players both from India and abroad, including former Indian skipper Kapil Dev, former West Indies captain Brian Lara, Indian batsman Dinesh Mongia, former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq, batting mainstay Mohammad Yousuf, all-rounder Abdul Razzaq and batsman Imran Farhat.
IndianCricketLeague Staff
Sept. 2, 2007
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