ACA to introduce ratings like Men in Blue:
Guwahati, Dec. 17: Assam cricketers will soon be rated on the lines of the Team India players.
The apex sports body in the state hopes that the ratings will help the players by giving them more mileage in the national scene and also ease the selection of probables and teams for the state from the next season onwards.
The Assam Cricket Association officials have already discussed the proposition with a Bangalore-based private firm 5K.
The director of 5K, Rajesh Khurana, has offered to rate players in different age groups from under-15 to Ranji level on the basis of their performance in domestic as well as international levels.
The ratings will shield the players from falling victim to the ACA’s so-called “political favouritism” towards players from certain districts and the practice of “depriving” better players from some other districts.
ACA secretary Bikash Baruah said, “The ratings should help us. No player will now be able to rake up a controversy after not getting a berth in the state team as their ratings will speak for them now”.
Besides easing the pressure on players and helping players judge their own performance, the ACA hopes that the ratings will further help the players get individual sponsorship from the corporate sector.
Although India Cements has chipped in as a team sponsor for the Ranji team this year, none of the first class players have any individual sponsor for their off-season coaching and personal upkeep.
The ACA was completely bowled over by the offer made by the Bangalore firm, as it would also help the apex body sign players on contract for the under-19 and Ranji teams.
Though Khurana could not be contacted for details, sources in his office said the process has been initiated after the “ACA showed keen interest in it”.
The monetary terms offered by 5K are yet to be worked out.
The firm has been rating the Karnataka players since last year.
Though the ACA has resolved to introduce graded contracts on the lines of the national team players, for the under-19 and Ranji players from the current season onwards, the Ranji season ended without completion of even the gradation of players.
The ACA has attributed the preoccupation of BCCI statistician Tapash Roy with his hectic schedule as the reason for the delay in gradation of state cricketers this season. Roy has been asked to provide the statistics of every player to the ACA.
“If 5K does the statistician’s job for us, we will be able to execute the contract system at the earliest,” said an ACA office bearer who attended the preliminary discussion with the Bangalore firm here yesterday.
Some of the state-level players have welcomed the development, saying that they hope the new plan will not turn out to be “another ploy” to delay their proposed contracts.
Posted On: The Telegraph
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
Assam Sports News
Guwahai ODI tickets sales:
Oct 26: The first quota of tickets for the forthcoming ODI between India and Pakistan to be played on November 5 will be on sale from today. But these tickets will be exclusively for the different affiliated units of the Assam Cricket Association (ACA).
ACA has decided to shift the ticket counter for the general public from the RG Baruah Sports Complex to the Latasil Ground. But the officials of the different district associations will have to collect their quota of tickets from the RG Baruah Sports Complex.
ACA has in all 34 affiliated units and each district would be allotted 282 tickets. On earlier occasions, many district associations had not collected their entire quota but this time the scenario could be completely different as the demand for tickets is beginning to rise with every passing day. People are regularly thronging the RG Baruah Sports Complex for every detail of sale of tickets.
For this ODI, the number of free passes would be only 3500 and the ACA is thinking of providing one card to every former Ranji cricketer of the state.
GSA unhappy over ‘’insufficient’’ number of Indo-Pak ODI tickets:
Oct 26: The Guwahati Sports Association (GSA), the premier sports body of the state, has decided to surrender all the tickets and reception committee member cards which were allotted to them for the forthcoming India-Pakistan ODI – citing “insufficiency”.
GSA president Jatin Bora said that they were allotted 267 tickets and 13 RC cards by the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) which is not at all sufficient. Bora said the GSA has 60 clubs and around 150 members. So it will be a tough task to distribute the tickets and cards among the members. So they have decided to surrender all the tickets and passes to the ODI organisers.
On the other hand, ACA officials said they follow certain guidelines while distributing the tickets to its affiliated units. As they treat all the districts in same manner, they cannot increase the number of tickets to GSA.
Assam-Orissa CK Nayudu tie drawn:
Oct 26: The four-day East Zone CK Nayudu (Under-22) cricket match between Assam and Orissa ended in a draw at the Ispat Stadium, Rourkela today.
Assam were all out for 271 in the second innings, and requiring 42 in five overs for an outright victory, Orissa were 28 for four when the stumps were drawn.
Tejinder Singh scored 120 while Kuldip Pegu contributed 61 in Assam’s second innings.
For Assam Tejinder and Gakul Sharma took two wickets each in Orissa’s second innings.
With this performance, Tejinder’s prospects of making it to the state Ranji squad have brightened.
Brief scores: Assam - 227 and 271 (Tejinder Singh 120, Kuldip Pegu 61); Orissa - 457 for 7 decl and 28 for 4.
Assam U-15 cricket team named:
Oct 26: The Assam Cricket Association (ACA) today named the U-15 State team for the first two matches of the East Zone tournament for the Polly Umrigar Trophy.
The team: Gnan Boro (capt), Jyotiraditya Chetia, Himangshu Konwar, Subhankar Chakravorty, Manasjyoti Gogoi, Sanjaw Brahma, Babul Barman, Jogeswar Bhumij, Nodia Doley, Amlan Baruah, Paragjyoti Das, Prabal Borkotoki, Arpan Dutta, Bitu Ranjan Kalita, Dhritiman Gohain Dutta.
Subhrajit Saikia and Sanjit Das will accompany the team as coach and manager respectively.
Source: The Sentinel; The Assam Tribune
Oct 26: The first quota of tickets for the forthcoming ODI between India and Pakistan to be played on November 5 will be on sale from today. But these tickets will be exclusively for the different affiliated units of the Assam Cricket Association (ACA).
ACA has decided to shift the ticket counter for the general public from the RG Baruah Sports Complex to the Latasil Ground. But the officials of the different district associations will have to collect their quota of tickets from the RG Baruah Sports Complex.
ACA has in all 34 affiliated units and each district would be allotted 282 tickets. On earlier occasions, many district associations had not collected their entire quota but this time the scenario could be completely different as the demand for tickets is beginning to rise with every passing day. People are regularly thronging the RG Baruah Sports Complex for every detail of sale of tickets.
For this ODI, the number of free passes would be only 3500 and the ACA is thinking of providing one card to every former Ranji cricketer of the state.
GSA unhappy over ‘’insufficient’’ number of Indo-Pak ODI tickets:
Oct 26: The Guwahati Sports Association (GSA), the premier sports body of the state, has decided to surrender all the tickets and reception committee member cards which were allotted to them for the forthcoming India-Pakistan ODI – citing “insufficiency”.
GSA president Jatin Bora said that they were allotted 267 tickets and 13 RC cards by the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) which is not at all sufficient. Bora said the GSA has 60 clubs and around 150 members. So it will be a tough task to distribute the tickets and cards among the members. So they have decided to surrender all the tickets and passes to the ODI organisers.
On the other hand, ACA officials said they follow certain guidelines while distributing the tickets to its affiliated units. As they treat all the districts in same manner, they cannot increase the number of tickets to GSA.
Assam-Orissa CK Nayudu tie drawn:
Oct 26: The four-day East Zone CK Nayudu (Under-22) cricket match between Assam and Orissa ended in a draw at the Ispat Stadium, Rourkela today.
Assam were all out for 271 in the second innings, and requiring 42 in five overs for an outright victory, Orissa were 28 for four when the stumps were drawn.
Tejinder Singh scored 120 while Kuldip Pegu contributed 61 in Assam’s second innings.
For Assam Tejinder and Gakul Sharma took two wickets each in Orissa’s second innings.
With this performance, Tejinder’s prospects of making it to the state Ranji squad have brightened.
Brief scores: Assam - 227 and 271 (Tejinder Singh 120, Kuldip Pegu 61); Orissa - 457 for 7 decl and 28 for 4.
Assam U-15 cricket team named:
Oct 26: The Assam Cricket Association (ACA) today named the U-15 State team for the first two matches of the East Zone tournament for the Polly Umrigar Trophy.
The team: Gnan Boro (capt), Jyotiraditya Chetia, Himangshu Konwar, Subhankar Chakravorty, Manasjyoti Gogoi, Sanjaw Brahma, Babul Barman, Jogeswar Bhumij, Nodia Doley, Amlan Baruah, Paragjyoti Das, Prabal Borkotoki, Arpan Dutta, Bitu Ranjan Kalita, Dhritiman Gohain Dutta.
Subhrajit Saikia and Sanjit Das will accompany the team as coach and manager respectively.
Source: The Sentinel; The Assam Tribune
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