United States of America Global Cricket Academy with former India cricket great Rahul Dravid.
The United States of America Global Cricket Academy (USAGCA) recently completed its 2015-2016 tour to Sri Lanka. The tour was the USAGCA’s third major International tour within the past 13 months. After its 2014-15 major tour of India, USAGCA again traveled to Sri Lanka for an 18-day competition-cum-training tour with the combined Under-19 and Under-21 and Combined Under-15 and Under-17 teams, and played more than 20 matches and many high profile coaching sessions at different International venues.
USAGCA joined Great Cricket Steps, a Sri Lankan initiative in partnership with the Sri Lanka Cricket Board & the Sri Lanka Sports Ministry, with the full pledged support of the Sri Lanka Minister of Sports Dayasiri Jayasekera. Players got the most out of the tour including meeting with cricket legends Rahul Dravid and Venkatesh Prasad from India and Roshan Mahanama and many other top-notch coaches from India and Sri Lanka, available on the tour.
According to a combined statement from the USAGCA’s Management, “We are very proud and happy to complete our third major tour to support our highly talented and potential players in the USA, who lack international cricket experience and against tough opponents. We are here to provide them with the right platform and to become professionals. Such opportunities will help them stay on top for future cricket events in the USA.
United States of America Global Cricket Academy on their arrival in Sri Lanka.
With these three tours we already have many young players with the academy’s National Development Program and we are willing to provide every possible help from our end, including future scholarships and high performance training in India and many other countries in the future.”
The USAGCA management team comprised of Ashok Patel (President & Founder), Rahul Sharma (Global Operations Manager/CEO), Jatin Patel (Global Development Manager), D.V. Ravi, Director (Strategy and Global Operation Manager Asia Pacific), Apurva Desai, Consultant and Level C coach, NCA (BCCI).
USAGCA resumed its youth cricket International Tours with the 2014-15 grand tour of India for Under-17 and Under-19 teams. Earlier this year USAGCA teams visited Guyana. The USAGCA was adjudged Best Junior Development Initiative by the ICC and received the ICC Global Award in 2003. USAGCA is a registered 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization.
Over the years USAGCA with the vision “Building great cricket professionals” has built a long and distinguished association with the USA junior cricket teams like the Under-13 team tour to Barbados in 2003. Four Under-18 team tours to Trinidad & Tobago, Under-15 and Under-19 team tours to Wales, and four Under-19 teams to the Sir Garfield Sobers Tournament in Barbados, in addition to an Under-18 team tour to India and Sri Lanka during 2006.
United States of America Global Cricket Academy officials.
Under-19/21 Combined Team: Kushal Ganji (Captain), Sagar Patel (Vice-captain), Karanjit Singh, Sukhdip Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Chetram Persaud, Rohan Gupta, Sam Kalpesh Das, Jay Pathak, Petamber Persaud, Rohit Nagendra, Chandandeep Singh, Gauranshu Sharma, Brian Jodhi, Sahaj Patel, Kishan Das.
Under-15/17 Combined Team: Sanjay Johnathan (Captain), Pradeep Ravi (Vice-captain), Atul Iyer, Aditya Patel, Daoud Mohamed, Jwal Shelat, Sathyanarayana Venkatesan, Rishab Mohan, Santosh Reddy, Aamir Salim, Md, Raafi Reza, Shashank, Ajay Immadi,
Officials: Rahul Sharma, USAGCA Director Global Operation/CEO, D.V. Ravi Director -Strategy and Global Operation Manager Asia Pacific, John Wesley King, USACA National Selector, Barney Jones, Chairman, USACA National Selection Committee, Linden Fraser, Team USA Head Coach, Apurva Desai, Consultant Level C coach, NCA (BCCI), Dashrath Sankhe USAGA Coach and Julian Even Moor, USAGCA Coach.