Hubballi: The family of cricket fans has carved enough space to build a play strip for four grandchildren with 20ft with a 30ft plot in the Gokul Hubballi area, reported Sangamesh to use it.
Fakkirappa Hulakoppa, a farmer and family head, told toi that his two sons were employed with private companies, sharply following cricket.
Not affected by the size of housing plots or locations, the family patriarch wants to ensure the arena of training inside their place so that his grandchildren can learn cricket more seriously.
‘The son wants children to be Cricketers’ the family has built a track at 8ft with a 30ft strip and 1BHK house built throughout the site.
Fakkirappa told Ti that his sons want their children to take cricket as a profession.
“It’s not important whether they are, indeed, becoming a professional player.
What’s important is that we, in our part, must provide the right and encouraging environment,” he added.
Preetam, a 13-year-old child from Fakkirappa’s Scull, has won the best Wicketkeeper award in the tournament below 14.
His sister Prateeti, 10, shows enough interest in cricket for the family to sit and pay attention to.
Yuvaraj, 5, and Raj, 3, son of the son of Fakkirappa, follow the game even at a young age, he said, adding to they had to build a new house because their ancestral property was unable to buy a growing family.
He said, “When my sons expressed their desire to build a cricket field at home, I gave them Goahead.
From the construction expenses of Rs 8 Lakh, around Rs 75,000 for the grill and field gate.
We installed a net on the internal wall.
Because this is a tone Closed, children can practice at their convenience and anytime all day.
We also allow neighboring children too.
“Preetam, who did 8th grade at Kle School, was being trained in the Tejal Shiragupi Cricket Academy.
He said he needed room to try and practice the techniques taught at school.
Somashekhar Shiraguppi, coach ‘C’ BCCI, said that today children do not have land or space to play cricket in urban areas.
“Because Cricket is an expensive game, a poor family and lower middle class cannot imagine a dedicated practice field.
However, this family has eradicated all the opportunities to build the practice area of all weather.
It’s unique and can set a precedent for other cricket fans, “He added.
Family build cricket pitch on site 20x30ft in hubli
