Cricket trials: 170 aspirants turn up at academy on Day 1

Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 21

As many as 170 players (U-16) turned up on the first day of the trials conducted by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA) to select talented and promising cricketers to register them with the regional coaching centre and prepare them for future competitions.

The two-day trials for the U-16 players began at GRD Academy on Hambran Road on Thursday.

The selection body, constituted by the LDCA, includes senior cricket coach Charanjit Singh and former cricketers Arun Passi, Ankur Kakkar, Karan Goel and Gaurav Marwaha. They watched the players at the nets today.

Satish Mangal, president of the association, said they were satisfied with the response.

“We received phone calls from certain aspirants that since they could not attend the trials today due to some unavoidable circumstances, they should be allowed to appear for the trials, tomorrow,” he said.

The association has decided to entertain the left-out aspirants on Friday so that all deserving boys could get a chance to showcase their talent before finalising the list of players to enrol with the regional coaching centre, run under the aegis of the Punjab Cricket Association, Satish said.