National School League
New Delhi, 28th March, 2013: India cricketer Gautam Gambhir today launched a cricket portal༯font>www.criclan.com,
that is introducing National School League (NSL). As the name National
School League suggests, it is a tournament where school children can
participate on a larger scale, play at cricketing venues where
international cricket or first-class cricket takes place and may be take
a step towards realizing their dream of playing at the highest level.
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National School League (NSL) will be played across four metros
Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru. In all, 80 schools will be
participating with 20 from each of the four cities. In the first phase,
the schools will compete in T20 format with 350 matches being played to
determine the winning team which will take home Rs 3 lacs for its
victorious efforts. First match of the tournament will be played between
Pathways World School and Scottish High International School on 15th
June, 2013 in Gurgaon. The final of the tournament will be played in
Delhi in the last week of August 2013. Along the way the teams would
have contested at Test grounds, stadiums and other cricketing venues.
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The T20 tournament is just the appetiser to the main course of the
tournament involving two-day matches. The two-day matches amongst
schools are being organized to ensure that young players value the
longer format. These matches have been dubbed National Schools League
Tests. 㗥 want to create that platform but without disturbing the basic
fabric of the sport in our country. While we want to create platform for
the youngster but we donⴠwant to do it necessarily through the T20
format. It will come through NSL – Tests,䠳aid the heart and mind
behind༯font>Criclan.com, Dhruv Verma.
Gautam Gambhir supported Dhruv on this. Launching NSL, Gautam said:
㉴ is one thing pushing cricket in a particular age-group but it is
something else to push the right aspect of cricket in that age-group. I
am glad Criclan is doing that. India needs cricketers of
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GambhirⳠurge to have 㣲icketers of substance䠨as been taken a step
further by Criclan. In a bid to have a more well-rounded individuals,
Criclan also declared the spirit-charter that all schools will have to
sign before they play in this tournament. 㓰irit-Charter teaches them to
not only respect the game more but also the opposition. We thought it
was the need of the hour,䠳aid Dhruv.
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