Ranchi get its maiden Cricket Academy by the Pathan Brothers

3rd February 2019, Ranchi, Jharkhand – The 16th Academy of Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) was inaugurated by ace cricketer Yusuf Pathan in Ranchi, Jharkhand at a press conference held at Central Academy School, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Also present at the press conference was Mr. Harmeet Vasdev, Managing Director (CAP). This is the 1st academy launched by CAP in Jharkhand.

The cricket academy is the ideal platform for young talent, who want to live the dream of playing cricket for the country. It does not only assures cricket as a manual but also give a platform to nurture and develop skillsets direction towards the game.

Currently, there is no structured cricket academy in Ranchi and nearby cities/towns that are run professionally. Especially not as well-developed a coaching program as CAP, which was created by the great minds of cricket, qualified coaches, great mentors like the Pathan brothers, which boasts of best in class training facilities, equipment and technologies.

CAP is currently present in sixteen cities – Ranchi, Mainpuri, Ludhiana, Delhi, Kota, Patna, Morbi, Noida, Bengaluru, Rajkot, Surat, Sonipat, Port Blair, Raipur, and Lunawada. Mr. Greg Chappell, who is an Australian Cricket legend and former coach of the Indian Cricket team, and Mr. Cameron Tradell, renowned coach from Australia have designed the curriculum for the coaching program. In fact, CAP has already produced players who have been selected to represent their states at district levels across various cities.

The Academy has pledged to invest INR 3 Crores along with its partners for further expansion across India in various cities of Gujarat, Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. With a group of select qualified expert coaches, the Pathan brothers, Irfan and Yusuf, had launched these academies over 2 years ago to give back to a sport they love so much.

In the words of Mr. Yusuf Pathan- Director, Cricket Academy of Pathans, “We are providing every possible assistance to the aspiring cricketers and expect to become the first preference for all the ambitious and aspirant cricketers in Ranchi. Through our world-class coaching, our students are now getting selected for district and state level matches. We have plans to open more academies in eastern region cities which will assist the budding cricketers to get trained in the right manner.”

Across India, 25 students have already been selected to represent at district and state level from CAP centers. The most recent selection was of Rajpal Chaudhary, a talented batsman from CAP Patna who represented Bihar at U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy. CAP hopes to continue this trend in Ranchi as well and produce some national and international level cricketers in the future.

The academy provides coaching for children to play cricket as well as those who aspire to become coaches – so they may understand the technicalities of the game and in return execute their learned skills on kids. Also, the academy focuses on nutrition, psychology and the overall physical development of the students. CAP has tied up with the UK based cricket technology partner – Pitch Vision to track students’ performance in real time via a cutting-edge technology program. This technology bridges the gap between the Pathan brothers, coaches and the students.

According to Mr. Harmeet Vasdev, Managing Director, CAP, “We have observed a massive pool of talent in the Eastern region after the launch of our academy in Patna last year with students already being selected at district and state level. Hence, we decided to open an academy in Ranchi as part of our expansion in this region. We aim to train and nurture the young pool of talent to produce more district, state and national level cricketers from the region.”

CAP plans to expand its operations by opening Delhi’s second CAP academy, the second one in Bangalore and are foraying for the first time in Vizag, Lucknow, Mysore, Dehradun, Hisar, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Rewa, Shrirampur and Akola. All this, to give an opportunity to budding cricketers, who need access to world-class coaching infrastructure.

Recently, Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) has become the preferred Academy Partner of Funngage, a curated & integrated sports platform, to help them in their Cricket Scholarship Initiative. Funngage has launched a 5-year holistic cricket scholarship for boys and girls under the age of 24 years.