The budding cricketers of Uttarakhand now have an opportunity of rubbing shoulders with top class players of Kings XI Punjab as the IPl franchisee has decided to conduct trials at four places in state. The partner of Wus United Prashant Mishra told the media persons here on Monday that the Kings XI Punjab conducts Kings Cup every year to help promising cricketers to showcase their talent.
He said that for selecting players for this cup, trials in Uttarakhand would start from February 5.Mishra informed that on February 5 and 6 trials would be held at Graphic Era University in Dehradun. Similar trials would also be held at Roorkee, Rudrapur and Srinagar. Mishra whose company is entrusted by the IPl franchisee for selecting the players said that the Bollywood actress Preity Zinta owned Kings XI Punjab is determined to strengthen its youth brigade, for which a process of selection is on in 10 states of country.
The selection process for Kings Cup involves three stages, in the first stage 500 cricketers would be selected in the second this figure would filter down to 100 players while in the third and last state 32 players would be shortlisted who would participate in Kings Cup which involves two teams. Mishra said that players of Kings XI Punjab like Manan Vora, Parvinder Awana and Rakshit Dhawan have made it to the top notch from the Kings Cup.
He informed that the players would have to register online to participate in the trials and for which they have to deposit a fees of Rs 1750. The secretary of Uttarakhand 20-20 Cricket association Javed Batt said that the talented players belonging to Uttarakhand would be immensely benefitted by the event. The official executive partner for Uttarakhand Ravi Jugaran and event head Pankaj Purohit were also present on the occasion.