Cricket Academy Of Pathans Opens Centre In Hyderabad

The Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) on Tuesday launched its center in Hyderabad to provide world-class infrastructure and coaching to budding cricketers. CAP Director and former India international Y

"Seeing the massive pool of talent and cricketing culture in Hyderabad, I am sure that the students will be benefitted by our best-in-class coaching infrastructure and latest technology. I am confident that the CAP will receive tremendous interest from emerging cricketers and produce professional cricketers from Hyderabad," he added.

He also promised to allow 10 percent of seats in the academy to underprivileged kids. "We will provide infrastructure for free to kids who can't afford it," he said.

The Hyderabad center is the 23rd center of CAP, which plans to launch centers in another 25 cities. CAP Managing Director Harmeet Vasdev said the academy has pledged to invest Rs 3 crore along with its partners for further aggressive expansion across India.

"We are planning to launch CAP in another 25 cities which include Jodhpur, Kolkata, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Srinagar, Coimbatore, Visakhapatnam, Agra, Mathura, Bijnor, Gulbarga, and Berhampur by the end of 2021," he said.

Vasdev said that former Australia captain Greg Chappell will be their chief mentor, who has designed the curriculum for the academy based on Cricket Australia's methods.

CAP has partnered with PitchVision, a UK-based cricket technology company, to track the students' performance in real-time as it automatically generates videos and statistical analysis.

The academy also plans to launch a mobile application soon which will bridge the gap between the students, coaches, and the management.

Vasdev pointed out that recently two players from CAP in Patna represented the Bihar state team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, while overall, 55 students across India have represented various district and state level teams. Few players are also representing their respective state teams in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy.