Will set up an academy in J&K to train local youth, says Raina

J&K Govt inks MoU with Suresh Raina

Jammu Nov, 24 (PTK) Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council signs MoU with cricketer Suresh Raina for training budding cricketers across the Union Territory. In presence of LG, Manoj Sinha, CS BVR Subramaniam and Principal Secretary to LG Nitishwar Kumar.
The initiative will complement the efforts of the J&K govt which has already created state-of-the-art sporting facilities across the UT & is continuously adding world class amenities to build superior talent pool.
According to PTK , News agency, Suresh Raina would be a dream mentor for young talents from J&K who are working hard to get into the big leagues and will be immensely benefitted by this collaboration

According to Advisor to Lieutenant Governor J&K, Farooq Khan, who also handles sports departments apart from some other departments, J&K will see a massive stride in sports development and activities in 2020. There was a temporary hurdle caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with the relaxation in SOPs, sports activities started at Inter-School level across J&K.

“During COVID-19 we can’t expect to have any major activities so soon. We are re-planning our activities while infrastructure work is already going on a massive scale. In our policy we are not merely focusing on activities like Cricket, Football but are now giving importance to popular activities like Volleyball, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Water Sports and Winter Sports as well which in the past were ignored.”

Suresh Raina would prove to be an exemplary mentor for young talent from J&K and this collaboration will hugely benefit the youth.

It was reported in September that the former India cricketer Suresh Raina would set up a cricket academy in Jammu and Kashmir to train aspiring cricketers, particularly youngsters from remote areas.

, “LG @manojsinha_ observed that the MoU will provide an opportunity to budding cricketers to hone their skills and to showcase their talent in various levels of national and international competitive tournaments.”

It was reported that the state is all set to get indoor and outdoor sports infrastructure. Farooq Khan had recently stated that the Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju E-inaugurated multi-sports facility sports excellence centre at Hira Nagar recently, which was dedicated to former Union Minister late Arun Jaitley.

Raina said that talented players would be identified and selected from across J&K, who will be trained by professionals to compete at the international level.

I have played cricket for years and hopefully I will help all those aspiring cricketers of J&K.(PTK)