![]() next year… cricket as an Olympic sport in LA."Īs for Abeer-the senior is set to attend Rutgers University next year. With the cricket World cup Happening in U.S. "The journey has started, it’s not gonna end here," says Mohan Kumar, a coach with the Monroe Township High School cricket club and a founder of the U.S. Not only have other schools across the state shown interest in starting their own clubs- but programs like these serve as a way to begin to cultivate homegrown talent. "A platform where they can look to the future." "We want to create a lot of opportunities for these young kids to see it as a platform," adds Sushanth Konda, a coach for the cricket club and a founder of the U.S. If the club continues to grow in participation-it will be eligible to become a varsity sport after a two-year trial period set by the school board. "We all want to support and make this team better as the years continue." "We all as a team, all different talents-from all different parts of our school have come together to be a part of this team," says Arshdeep Singh, a senior at Monroe Township High School. "It’s phenomenal."Ībout 30 students participated in the club which practiced weekly. "When I see them playing the excitement, the cheering, supporting the team members," says Seema Taparia. In November, the Monroe Township Board of Education approved the state’s first-ever high school cricket club-open to everyone -and made it possible through a volunteer effort. The first school in New Jersey to have cricket is a really cool thing." ![]() He presented it to our board of education. "You couldn’t ask for anybody better than Abeer, right?" says the school's athletic director, Sean Dowling. ![]()
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