The MS Dhoni Cricket Academy (MSDCA) branch in Doha recently completed its first term and celebrated the occasion with a National Day friendly tournament for their budding talents.
After the end of three months of preparations, the junior (ages 7-9) and senior (ages 10-15) category players were deemed ready to take part in proper games and thus got the opportunity to play at the Asian Town Cricket Stadium, Qatar’s premier cricketing venue, for the first time.
The matches were followed by a prize distribution ceremony to honour the best performers. Prominent sports officials from the Indian community were present at the event to show their support for the young cricketers.
Indian Sports Centre vice-presidents Sharaf P Hameed and EP Abdurahiman were in attendance at the prize distribution ceremony, alongside Nisha Agarwal ISC - General Secretary Adv. Jafarkhan (ICC - Sports head) Safeerurahman( ISC - Secretary football) Zeyaul Haque, ,Nihad Ali (QIA Convener)and Riyaz Cheeroth- Ibn Ajayan projects sports convener
The MSDCA’s Doha branch is a joint venture between Aarka Sports, the management firm of MS Dhoni and Absolute Sports Academy, a leading multi-sports coaching institution in Qatar. The branch started its operations earlier this year.
