Times News NetworkKanpur: The Sports Hub (TSH) has decided to give free of cost coaching to talented cricketers for the first time. The ninth batch of free coaching to economically weaker section players will commence from July 6. A meeting of the coordination committee was held on Friday regarding the conduct of the scheme’s ninth batch. The meeting took place at the TSH complex at 1 pm during which the selection process, training program, and sport-wise seat allocations for the upcoming session were finalized.The meeting was attended by additional municipal commissioner-II Jagdish Yadav, Kanpur Smart City Limited representative Mukesh Kumar Verma, Uttar Pradesh Table Tennis Association president Sanjeev Pathak, DAV College professor and Uttar Pradesh Athletics Association Secretary Devesh Dubey and Audi Stadia consultants.It was decided in the meeting that the training for the current eighth batch will conclude on July 5, and the training for the ninth batch will commence on July 6. The distribution of application forms for this will begin on June 15. The deadline for submitting applications has been set for June 26 while selection trials will be held starting July 1. A total of 304 players will be selected under the EWS scheme this time.The most significant achievement is the inclusion of cricket in the TSH EWS scheme for the first time. A total of 44 players will be selected for cricket. Two age groups have been designated for this purpose: the first group will comprise players aged 8 to 14 years, and the second group will include those aged 15 to 18 years. Twenty-two players will be selected from each of the two groups.
