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There has been an uproar due to the sudden closure of the Cricket Academy, which started in Dubai as Rohit Sharma. The controversy has deepened due to the lack of fees and the staff not getting salary. Now ECB is preparing to improve the academy system by creating a new guideline.
Delhi: There was a time when after retiring, the players used to say with a sincere heart that the game which gave so much, now the time has come for his return. After this, he continued to join coaching to young players. Some also managed to open their academy. It is not easy to do this work properly. That is why, due to his name like Sunil Gavaskar and Sourav Ganguly, the government could not open the academy for years despite getting land for the new academy. Finally, the government land had to be returned. After this, the trend started to give his name to the academy to earn the money of active cricketers. They did not have time for this academy, but since he named it, he was earning. Those who seek cricket coaching will be attracted to the name. One such academy started in Dubai and the name was associated with Rohit Sharma.
Academy in Rohit’s name closed
At that time Rohit was a top name in cricket. Today the situation is that that academy is also being written ‘fraud’ in the media there because it has started in September 2024 and now it has also stopped. It was started by Grassport and Crick Kingdom with Rohit Sharma with a high -range coaching promise. Now what to do and trainee in the middle of the season? The money given has no idea of coaching fees. Rohit Sharma is getting fingers on the brand.
Parents are asking for fees back. The staff is asking for its outstanding salary. Where the academy was running, there was no rent. The creditors are sitting opening their account. This academy started in four schools in Dubai with the promise of world class coaching. It is clear that the coaching people started dreaming big. A big discussion in the media was found in the name of ‘Rohit Sharma’s Cricket Academy’.
Academy shutdown created a stir
As soon as the message of closure of the academy came, there was a stir. Promised the return of outstanding fees in that message, but since then everyone is silent. The head quarter of the Cric Kingdom is in Singapore. ICC-certified coaches were kept in the academy, but they are now complaining about never getting salary in time. In fact, this academy was running with a franchise contract with the Grassport, Crick Kingdom and named by Rohit Sharma. Now the license of Grassport at the government level has been canceled and bank accounts have been freeze and investigation is going on.
Although Cric Kingdom is now talking about starting an academy again in September by registering a new company in UAE, the academy, which starts with the name of cricketers, is now under suspicion. The track record of such a cricket academy in Dubai is especially bad. After starting with great pomp, everything gradually disappeared. Talking about this Rohit Sharma Academy, there was also talk of Arvind Dicilva, Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen, but nothing happened.
Dhoni’s name also closed
By the way, the academy named MS Dhoni in Dubai has also been closed. In 2017, when Dhoni was at the top of his career, he started his first signature center at Springdale Academy. R Ashwin started the academy at Kings Schools, Dubai by R Ashwin. They are also closed. There are many other examples. So what happened to Rohit Sharma did not happen for the first time. However, infamy is getting more.
Taking a lesson from this, now Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) is starting an official licensing system for the Cricket Academy in UAE to avoid such ‘fraud’ and Dubai cricket is not infamous. In this, all the Cricket Academy will have to register with the ECB and then the board’s guidelines will also have to be accepted. A new guideline is being written on the basis of the disturbances that took place in the high-profile academy of legendary cricketers like MS Dhoni, R Ashwin and recently Rohit Sharma. UAE Chief Coach Lalchand Rajput is an advisor in this case. They are also targeting these big cricketers and said clearly that ‘When you join an academy like project, you should know with whom you are working with. If all is not well then your reputation is at stake. So the responsibility is shared, both the players and the operators.
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