I am not sure how
many of us remember the Rohintion Baria trophy and the Vizzy trophy ? . If the
BCCI pumps in good money like the way they conduct the money laundering IPL you
will see lot of talent blossoming in university cricket. I can easily remember
that players like Kapil Dev, Arun Lal,
Sandeep Patil, Arun Lal etc.. are all products of school, college and university
cricket. It use to be a great moment for many cricketers to get selected for
their colleges and universities as it was a step away from getting selected for
to play for a ranji team .
Most of these university matches used to be played on
underprepared wickets and you could see the budding university boys struggling
and fighting to play on them. With so much of money floating in cricket, if some
sizable fund is earmarked for university cricket to bring in some keen
competition then one will definitely spot few stars for India. Let’s hope that
a separate focus is given to university cricket across the country to spot some
great talent to replace our aging test cricketers.
