Karachi Kings to promote cricket at grass root level By Khurram Zia Khan
The owner of the Pakistan
Super League’s team Karachi Kings, Mr. Salman Iqbal,today announced that the
franchise is planning to take some major steps this year. These steps will take
the strength of the team forward and provide exciting opportunities to the
young cricketers of Pakistan for the PSL arena.
A view from Karachi Kings & Lahore Qalandars match
The Karachi Kings will
start three additional teams in order to bring out the best of cricketing talent available among young and upcoming players in Karachi. There will be a junior team by
the name of Karachi Kings XI. Which will comprise of the players selected and trained
for the main Karachi Kings team. This team will be playing in local
tournaments/leagues and best performers will be getting a chance to be part of
the main Karachi Kings team.
Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Khan and Sohail Tanveer
Apart from this there will
be two teams by the names of Karachi Kings Under 15 and Karachi Kings Under 19.
The players selected for these teams will be given full school and college
scholarships by the franchise and encouraged to play cricket along with equal
concentration on their studies.
The franchise will soon
announce camps in Karachi along with a complete team of professionals from the
cricket arena including coaches, managers and selectors, which will also
involve renowned cricketing names hailing from Karachi in the process.
Salman Iqbal owner of Karachi Kings announced plan to develop cricket at grass root level
At this occasion
Mr. Salman Iqbal said, “Cricket over the decades has become part of our culture
and especially in Karachi which has made major contributions to Pakistan’s
phenomenal cricketing history. We want to convert Pakistan Super League into a
great opportunity for young aspiring cricketers in Karachi who were otherwise
not getting enough means to prove their mantle. We invite the entire
cricketing community in Karachi to come join hands with us and take cricket to
the next level”.
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