Vijay Shankar, all-rounder from the Indian Cricket team inaugurated the National Model Cricket Academy at the National Model Schools campus. The Academy is a collaboration between the Bouncer Academy led by Thiyagarajan and National Model Schools.
The academy was launched in the presence of Guruswamy, Coimbatore District Cricket Association Vice president & Chief Coach Ramakrishna School, and Sasi Kumar Samraj, Founder Chairman, The Western Ghats International School.
Commenting on the inaugural Vijay Shankar said “It’s been a great ride getting into the cricket team and you need to be disciplined to get into the role, it has taught me a lot of things about how to lead life.” Life would look better with an ECG and that’s with ups and downs. He expressed his delight to be in Coimbatore which had an impact on his career.
Thiyagarajan, Chief Coach, Bouncers Academy, in his address applauded the school management for this effort. He had a lot of praise for the guest of the day – Vijay Shankar who had injuries but has made comebacks like no other and he was the epitome of hard work.
He also added that this would be a great opportunity for young talents to come from Coimbatore and hopefully we can have them representing the teams in leagues, Ranji and National teams. With the advent of IPL now the career opportunity is so wide with more than almost 10 teams in IPL and state level premier leagues it is easy to get into the league and make a career.
Guruswamy, Coimbatore District Cricket Association Vice president & Chief Coach Ramakrishna School, added that this is a very great effort and he would be happy to assist in anything related to Cricket and its the passion that takes him through everyday at the nets at 3 pm.
Moving further, Sasi Kumar Samraj, Founder Chairman, The Western Ghats International School offered felicitations and said this would be a great opportunity for the students to make a mark as a sportsperson and with the kind of support from the management the students should make the full use of the facility.
Dr. P Mohan, Director and Correspondent of National Model Schools, and Mrs. Uma Mohan, Secretary of the School participated and coordinated the event.