Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 4: After confusion and chaos in the entire cricket community and among the budding cricketers in particular as to who will run the affairs of JKCA this season, president of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association and Union Minister, Farooq Abdullah, as per the reliable sources, has given a nod to the JKCA Provincial Committees, coordinated by Manzoor Wazir, treasurer JKCA to begin the season.
When contacted by EXCELSIOR and asked about the clearance of the doubts among the cricketers, who have been left in the lurch in the prevailing scenario, Dr Farooq Abdullah said that those having confusion can talk to Manzoor Wazir to clear the same.
Manzoor Wazir, while talking to EXCELSIOR said that president JKCA has authorized the Provincial Committees constituted last year as an interim arrangement to hold the activities to run the JKCA affairs this season also.
“We have constituted the selection committees and are on job to organize coaching, fitness, selection and allied camps. People with nefarious designs are creating confusion, otherwise there is nothing like that. JKCA has started tournament in Kashmir, while the Under-14 boys coaching camp is on in Jammu also. The activities will be in full swing very soon,” said Wazir.
He said that selection committees have been constituted with Shahid Parvez, Shiban Lal Trakroo, Iqbal Shah and Tilak Singh as Ranji Trophy selectors; Nayeem Bakshi, Pardeep Bali, Arshid Bhat and Rohit Malhotra as Under-25 selectors; Majid Drabhu, Sanjay Sharma, Fayaz Ahmed Rather and Akshay Khajuria as Under-19 selectors; Mohd Amin, Ajay Sharma, Mansoor Ahmed and Pankaj Sasun as Under-16 selectors and NP Singh, RK Puri, Wajahat Majeed and Sachin Singh as Under-14 selectors.
However, parents of the budding cricketers were unhappy with the present scenario in the Association as their wards have been caught in a fix as where to go.
“We are observing drama within the members of the Association as some are directing our wards to join one camp and others suggest for some other. They have been left in the lurch and fed-up with such aimless activities,” expressed some parents while feeling anguish and talking to EXCELSIOR.
It is pertinent to mention here that after the Working Committee Meeting was stayed a few months back, JKCA, though, has been in trauma, yet everyone wanted to rule the roost and reign the wealthy Association. For that matter, camps were organized in Jammu by those who were elected as office bearers in 2011 JKCA elections, followed by the camps by the Provincial Committees.
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