As part of Ola’s ongoing virtual cricket initiative, Ola Partners league (OPl), hundreds of children participated in a day-long selection process where over 50 most promising cricketing children were awarded scholarships to cricket academies across seven cities in the country.
After a tough day of selections, deserving children of Ola driver partners were selected and handed over the scholarship certificates. The trials were conducted by the coaches from the academy and lasted for nearly four hours.
In addition to awarding scholarships, the children have also been presented with a memento and certificates along with OPl jerseys and exclusive cricket kits. These scholarships will provide these children with an opportunity to further hone their skills and guide them in achieving their dream of making it big and playing for the country one day.
On winning the scholarship, 14 year old Ravnish Thakur said: “Cricket has always been my passion. I play gully cricket regularly and I also captain my team against other localities. My dream though has always been to make big in the game of cricket and getting a scholarship at one of India’s leading cricket academies is the first step towards achieving my dream. I am very excited and looking forward to being coached by such senior players.”
Apart from Delhi, the trials were conducted across other cities including Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai.
In total, close to 50 students across these cities have been selected and now have the opportunity to test and hone their skills in the country’s leading cricket academies including Cricket Academy of Pathan.