NE SPORTS BUREAU
Hyderabad, Feb 23
Former India all-rounder Yusuf Pathan on Tuesday inaugurated the 26th centre of Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) here, with an aim to provide world-class coaching to budding cricketers of the city.
During the occasion, Yusuf interacted with the trainees and shared his experiences of playing cricket in Hyderabad, a CAP release said.
Yusuf Pathan, Director, Cricket Academy of Pathans, said, “The aim of Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) is to provide world-class cricket coaching and the best-possible infrastructure to facilitate and help the budding cricketers of the country. I am very excited to launch our academy in Hyderabad as I have played here in the recent past and seen its cricketing talents from close-quarters. Seeing the massive pool of talent and cricketing culture in Hyderabad, I am sure that students will be benefitted from our best-in-class coaching infrastructure & latest technology. I am confident that CAP will receive tremendous interest from emerging cricketers and produce professional cricketers from Hyderabad”.
The academy has already received overwhelming response since the announcement of its entry in the city and large number of sport enthusiast has inquired for the enrollment. Recently two players from CAP academy in Patna had represented the Bihar state team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and overall 55 students across India have represented at various districts and state level. Few players have been representing the state team in the ongoing Vijay Hazare trophy 2021 and players from other CAP centers represented their team at district level.
Harmeet Vasdev, Managing Director of CAP, said they plan to launch the academy in another 25 cities by the end of the year.
CAP has partnered with PitchVision, a unique online training platform, to track the trainees” performance in real time as it automatically generates videos and statistical analysis to the extent of line, length, bounce, deviation, pace, etc, the release said.
The academy would also be launching a mobile application soon which will bridge the gap between the students, coaches and the management, it added.
