Over 4,000 registrations of which 3,300 participants turned up to showcase their talent and skills.
Resilience has been the feature of the five-day trials organised by the Rajasthan Royals for the young boys and girls who came from across the country. Over 4,000 registrations of which 3,300 participants turned up to showcase their talent and skills.
At the official conclusion of the trials, the Rajasthan Royals announced the selected 35 girls and 34 boys. The guest of honour was cricketing legend Brian Lara who handed over the certificates and team jersey to all along with international greats like Carl Hooper, Ricardo Powell and Lisa Sthalekar. Also, present at the occasion was our very own Royal, Jaydev Unadkat. When asked about the initiative, the former skipper of West Indies, Brian Lara said, “Its good to see Rajasthan Royals nurturing the grassroots which eventually will help them and more importantly, India, in future. It is important for that these young kids capitalise on the opportunity offered by the Royals.”
Out of the total participants, 60% were from Rajasthan and rest came from all across the country - Chennai, Kerala, Punjab, Hyderabad, North East and Himachal Pradesh to name a few. They underwent the trials under the trained and watchful eyes of Rajasthan Royals’ Head of Cricket - Zubin Bharucha, Rajasthan Royals coaches and former India players Amol Muzumdar, Sairaj Bahutule, Dishant Yagnik ,Rajesh Chauhan and Satish Sawant.
Zubin Bharucha, Head of Cricket, Rajasthan Royals; was visibly excited at the talent which he saw at the trials, “It was amazing to see the budding talent from across the country turn up. It was overwhelming to select. I was especially delighted to see the bowling talent, it was exceptional.”
Launch of Royal Sparks: The trials were initiated with an attempt to witness the young ‘boys’ cricket enthusiasts, but seeing enthusiastic girls wanting to compete with the boys, Rajasthan Royals conducted open trials for girls over 3 days. The response was phenomenal and we have girls coming out in large number. After 3 days of rigorous trials, 34 of them made the cut for the ‘Royal Sparks’ team.
Royal Colts: Of the thousands of boys who turned up, 62 boys were selected as probables. They were divided into 4 teams and made to play T-20 matches against each other at the Neerja Modi School cricket facility. Of these 62, 35 boys made the final cut and are now the Royal Colts. The selected young cricketers will now undergo training programmes designed by the expert panel of coaches at the Rajasthan Royals. Thereafter, the teams will be locking horns against other junior teams domestically and internationally.
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