Ace Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has formerly proposed to join hands with ‘controversial’ Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) to set up a cricket academy in the State, to train young cricketers.
Harbhajan Singh aka Bhajji, on a high after his match wining spell in Champions league T20 Final, announced to open his second institute of cricket in association with HPCA. He is already running his first cricket institute in Jalandhar in Punjab. HPCA State of art cricketing facility is one of the most modern and well equipped infrastructures that will now have cricket academies of flamboyant players of Indian team, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh. Middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh has already shown his interest to open his academy in Himachal Pradesh.
HPCA in a statement said that both the academies will be set up to improve the standards of cricketing talent across the region. Commenting on the move, Harbhajan Singh said, “HPCA is the best in class facilities available to cricketers in Himachal Pradesh. I am certain that cricket enthusiasts all over the region will soon benefit from the cricket academy that I plan to setup here,” said Singh.
Recently, HPCA had courted legal controversies after it has converted itself into not-for-profit Company from a society with HP registrar of societies had issued a show cause of notice asking the HPCA to explain the move. HPCA had on Thursday filed objections to the registrar, stating that the registrar does not have legal jurisdiction to issue notice to the company.