Robi Axiata Limited, the proud sponsor of the Bangladesh National Cricket team and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have teamed up to launch a talent hunt campaign only for promising fast bowlers across the country, a press release said. The campaign titled “Robi Fast Bowler Hunt” will get underway from January 17 and continue till February 20.
The registration process has been kick-started from yesterday. Registration process can be completed through SMS/ Online/ by visiting any selected Robi Walk-In-Center across the country.
This challenge is open for both male and female participants. But the participants must be between ages 16-23. Also, minimum height for male participants is 5 feet 6 inches and minimum height for female is 5 feet. Interested young participants are requested to complete their registration by 14th January, 2016.
The campaign has been organised in two phases, where the first phase will start from January 17. The fast bowler selection process will take place in 16 different locations of the country. A total of 64 selected participants will be chosen to go to Dhaka High Performance Camp for the second phase for participating in the final selection round.
The participants will be judged based on their physical ability and skills (weight, height, flexibility test, knee to wall). There will be bowling coaches from National Cricket Academy monitoring and recording data for each participant.
Following the end of the elimination round top 12 players (10 male, 2 female) will be declared as winners.