Davendra Sharma was distraught on the considered discovering a brand new place for the Sonnet Club to conduct its coaching. “We have been here for 22 years. Where do we go now?” he requested.
The faculty authorities have given no cause for his or her determination to not enable Sonnet Club their premises.
“There has not been an incident because of our trainees. We have been disciplined and adhered to all the conditions of the college. We have contributed to the college by maintaining the ground. We have been giving free training to the college students whenever they have wanted. I have not been given any reason for this unfortunate decision,” stated Sharma, who has been working the membership for a very long time.
Founded by Tarak Sinha, who handed away in November 2021, the Sonnet Club is without doubt one of the most embellished cricket golf equipment of the nation, having produced worldwide gamers like Surender Khanna, Randhir Singh, Manoj Prabhakar, Ajay Sharma, KP Bhaskar, Atul Wassan, Ashish Nehra, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Sanjeev Sharma. Among the present lot are gamers engaged within the IPL, like Ayush Badoni, Mayank Yadav and Hrithik Shokeen.
For Shikhar Dhawan, it was clearly stunning.
“Rajdhani College, Picnik Hut and then Venkateshwara College. I have fond memories of my time with Sonnet Club. I enjoyed my time with Sonnet Club. There is an aura about the club and Tarak Sinha sir. I feel sad such an iconic club will not have a place to train. It has been a great platform for youngsters to chase their dreams and Venkateshwara College is such a wonderful venue.”
Prabhakar had been visiting the Sonnet Club just lately as a coach. “I celebrated my birthday (April 15) with the club trainees. It is a grand cricket institution with an amazing success story. It is unfortunate that the club has been displaced for no reason. I hope things will improve once the college authorities realise their mistake.”
Pant, present process a rehab on the National Cricket Academy, tweeted in anguish, “It is so disheartening to see my club that has produced so many international cricketers over the years and continues to do so has been served an eviction notice. It played a major role in shaping my cricketing career and many more like me. This is like a home for all of us. We have always followed the rules set by the college. I would like to request the governing bodies of Venkateswara College to reconsider this as Sonnet Club is not just a club, it’s like a heritage institution and a home for so many budding cricketers.”
In reality, Pant had met the College principal, Prof. Sheela Reddy, to plead for an extension.
“Rishabh made a personal request. Even Viru (Virender Sehwag) reached out to the college authorities to help us but they have just refused to entertain us. At least they should tell us the reason for evicting us from the college,” stated Sharma. The membership is hoping, following the peace of mind the school authorities have given to Pant, of a dialogue when the principal returns to the Capital later this month.
Meanwhile, cricket lovers have provided their assist. International umpire Anil Chaudhary stated, “My ground (in Gurgaon) is available for Sonnet Club. We have all the facilities, including floodlights. We will be happy to host the Sonnet Club.”
For Nehra, it should damage massive as a result of he had taken private curiosity in serving to Sonnet Club set up within the final 20 years. When the membership had begun coaching on the Venkateshwara College, he had donated his whole charge (from the Zimbabwe tour in 2000-01) to develop the bottom. Nehra most popular coaching with the Sonnet Club boys slightly than going to the Ferozeshah Kotla.
Prof. Reddy didn’t reply to questions from Sportstar on Monday.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com