A meeting of the cricket players of the district was called in the head of Pawan Ekka, the chairman of the municipality board in town hall. In the meeting a proposal was passed to set up a District Cricket Association from a scratch informing the members of State Cricket Association.
“Cricket has been vanished from the district due to ignorance by the authority”, said Sri Ekka in his speech. He also added that the members of the association are indulged in making their own benefits and they do not have any program for progress of the game and development of the players.
Pradeep Tameda from Friendship Club said that a vow should be taken to keep the game alive in the district. Naren Raj from the same club added that the players from other districts also play in the District Cricket Team of lohardaga.
There is no team for women, under 17 under, 19 and at the school level. These factors have become hurdle in the progress of the game. The proposal for electing new members before setting up the association has also been passed in the meeting.
Besides it, decision for organizing camps for new players and providing training by the specialist has also been taken. In the meeting Abhay Verma, Ranjeet Ghosh, Satyajeet Singh, Ajay Prasad, Sazeed Alam, Dheeraj Oraon, Mithun Tameda, Vipul and many cricket lovers were present.