INDIAN CRICKET

The ball which is cruising through the outfield for four and the bat sending the ball flying out of the boundary are mostly some scenes we cherish as an audience. Cricketers are the persons who sweat it on the ground for every good shot they earn and every accolade they get from the spectators. Not many can in this field resist the temptation of being cheered by thousands of fans waiting for your acknowledgement.

Growing up as a cricketer is every child's fancy and once a person puts a concerted effort towards ones errand, then fame and name is all theirs. Lucrative is mostly an understatement to describe the prospect of a cricketer as a career. Generous emoluments and the brand identity are the two ways which makes ones career in the field of cricket to be in the limelight. One may not be outstanding in studies but if that mettle has in oneself to do wonders with the bat and the ball then one is most welcome to make them the friends for life. Sachin Tendulkar, who is mostly called as the "God of Cricket" in India, whom the world knows as the greatest cricketer of all time, has been the result of pursuing one's passion in the right manner .

As a cricketer, he has set all the precedence before the world and it his determination and grit that budding Indian cricketers need to look upto to get even an iota of recognition the Master Blaster has received. Sometimes success is not, should not, must not be measured in terms of money which one earns but by the way one holds the head high in a society. Choosing to become a cricketer is a wholesome decision provided one gives the whole from the word 'Go'. Career options for a cricketer in the times when Cricket has reached the pinnacle of popularity among its enthusiasts, is very large. The opportunity has enhanced for those attached with the cricketing fraternity to get employed in various verticals.




Being a cricketer is the most supreme status one can gain in the world of cricket, particularly in India. Handsome remuneration and exorbitant contract amount serves as the main incentives for the cricketers to deliver their best for the country. An unhindered career of 10 to 15 years will make ones foundation strong enough to switch over to other ancillary responsibilities.

After the retirement from the life of a player one can go ahead with the idea of becoming a coach. Then it might be on a national plane or on the international level. Cricket coaches mostly add feathers to their already established crown.

Former cricketers who have enough verbal skill, decent voice and a heart for analyzing matches can contribute to the entire procedure by serving to the cricket world as commentators. Manifold increase and popularity in television channels and frequent high-voltage tournaments including IPL are there all around the year.

Brand endorsements are the most important opportunity which comes in the way once a cricketer had footing firm in the cricketing industry. With cricketers turning youth icons for the budding cricketers, they are given the responsibility of getting connected with elite brands. The reward is more than satisfying.



It takes time to become a Grade A player according to the Cricket Board's criteria but today even the starters bag a contract of no less than 15 lakhs per annum. With every performance one would be creating a benchmark for themselves before one end up being a Grade A player. Rs 60 lakh is the minimal amount a Grade A player is expected to get every year.For example the Indian Cricket captain M.S. Dhoni has earned $8 million as endorsement income adding to the contract amount he receives every year in the year 2011. It is not an exaggeration to say that cricketers are mostly benefited in every possible way both on and off the field.



The cricket academies across India are the breeding grounds of future world class cricketers. Intensive coaching by the experienced former cricketers and procedural training, grooms the young kids as seasoned players make them fit to take a challenge on an international level.

Indian Cricket Academies Cricket Academies in Mumbai Eknath Solkar Cricket Academy Elf Vengsarkar Cricket Academy The Cricket Club of India Cricket Academies in Delhi Madan Lal Cricket Academy Dronacharya Cricket Academy Turf Cricket Academy Cricket Academies in Kolkata Ashok Malhotra Cricket Academy Pankaj Roy Cricket Academy Cricket Academies in Chennai MRF Pace Foundation MAC Spin Foundation Cricket Academies in Hyderabad Raju Cricket Club Cricket Academy Sarojini Cricket and Fitness Academy Cricket Academies in Bangalore Britannia Roger Binny Academy National Cricket Academy

If you are in love with the field and want to be in the midst of exciting matches, it is a good proposition to play the role of an umpire. Grab the chance of umpiring in the domestic tournaments and wait your turn before you get recommended by BCCI to ICC. One can in the future become an international umpire if he is not beset with difficulties.Becoming a member of the governing body of a cricket board is another career option that is always on a cricketer's mind. Since they have the first hand experience of what goes into weaving the entire fabric of a cricket tournament their experience will do a world of good in the management level. Decision making gets added to the list of forte in the career of an Indian Cricketer.