da dobrowin： National Cricket Academy chairman Raj Singh Dungarpur on Thursday brushedaside controversy regarding the appointment of a fifth coach in the NorthZone academy in New Delhi, focussing his attention on the more basic issuesof the facilities and
25-Nov-2009National Cricket Academy chairman Raj Singh Dungarpur on Thursday brushedaside controversy regarding the appointment of a fifth coach in the NorthZone academy in New Delhi, focussing his attention on the more basic issuesof the facilities and training methods instead.”Everything has been sorted out. There is no controversy… All our effortsare now on providing the best training to the youngsters,” Dungarpur toldreporters after an inspection of the Ferozshah Kotla grounds, the site ofthe zonal cricket academy.The former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, who ison an inspection tour of all the five zonal academies which have been setup on lines of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, expressedhappiness with the facilities provided at the academy.”There were some apprehensions regarding the choice of Delhi in preferenceto Mohali for the North Zone academy. In fact, I was more inclined towardsMohali but after seeing the excellent facilities and infrastructure here, Ithink we haven’t made a wrong choice,” Dungarpur said.Dungarpur had a few encouraging words for the trainees and asked them totake full advantage of the opportunity provided to them. “It’s a greatopportunity for the youngsters. I hope we will have groomed some goodplayers keeping in mind the 2003 World Cup in South Africa,” he said.Dungarpur said he would not be going to the East Zone academy in Kolkataand South Zone academy in Chennai as he was assured of the good facilitiesat those centres.The BCCI consultant and former Australian opener Geoff Marsh alsoexpressed satisfaction with infrastructure at the academy and said theconditions were ideal for grooming young players into professionalcricketers. “The facilities are fantastic. We have a good pitch, formerTest cricketers as coaches, an excellent gym and swimming pool for physicalfitness and above all 20 talented and bright youngsters,” he said.Marsh said the board had embarked on a right plan of trainingfuture cricketers and should be patient and stick to it. “We have got theplan and basics right. Now we should stick to the plan though we also needto be flexible at the same time in that we should be receptive to new andfresh ideas,” he said.