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The Print
4 days ago
- Business
- The Print
Yugen Infra ropes in Gary Kirsten for cricket-themed villas, sports facilities in school
'We have partnered with Gary Kirsten to develop 30 exclusive Cricket-Front Villas,' Yugen Infra MD Sheeshram Yadav told reporters here on Wednesday. Gurugram-based Yugen Infra will also develop an international school integrated with sports facilities managed by Kirsten. New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) Realty firm Yugen Infra has roped in South African cricketer Gary Kirsten to develop a 10-acre cricket-themed villa project near Goa. Kirsten will also helps us in creating sports facilities, primarily cricket and chess, at the international school, he added. Yadav said the total investment on this villa project and school would be around Rs 180 crore. Commenting on the tie-up, Kirsten said, 'India has a very strong sporting culture.' Through this tie-up, he said, the aim is to integrate school education with sports coaching. 'The intention is development of sports within the school… we have got some decent experience around the model used in South Africa in the holistic development of a child, and hoping to kind of replicate that,' Kirsten said. Kirsten, who was coach of Indian cricket team that won 2011 World Cup, said this is a new phase in his life. The school and villa project are part of 500-acre township 'Yugen Golf City, which is located on Goa and Maharashtra border. PTI MJH HVA This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
India.com
5 days ago
- Sport
- India.com
'I'm really happy for...': Former India Head Coach Gary Kirsten praised Gautam Gambhir and Indian Cricket Team for...
'I'm really happy for...': Former India Head Coach Gary Kirsten praised Gautam Gambhir and Indian Cricket Team for... New Delhi: India drew the Anderson-Tendulkar five-match Test series played in England 2-2, and fast bowler Mohammed Siraj played the biggest role behind this. In the Oval Test, India gave England a target of 374 runs, which the Indian team successfully defended with the help of Siraj's career-best bowling (9/190). This is the second consecutive time that India has ended a Test series in England at 2-2. Earlier in 2021-22, India had also drawn the series under the captaincy of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah. Gary Kirsten's support for Gambhir and Team India Former India coach and South African legend Gary Kirsten expressed his happiness over this historic victory. He said, 'I am very happy with the success of the Indian team, and I am especially happy for Gautam Gambhir. I know him well, and it feels good to know what he has achieved with the team.' Kirsten said this during an event organized by Yugen Infra in Delhi. Mohammed Siraj's bowling and the exciting end of the Oval Test The end of the Oval Test was very exciting. England needed only 35 runs to win on the last day and had four wickets left. But Siraj and Prasidh Krishna together turned the tide of the match. Siraj first dismissed Jamie Smith, then got Overton LBW. In the end, when England needed 7 runs, Siraj bowled Atkinson to complete five wickets and gave India a 6-run win. Kirsten also remembered Ishant Sharma's 2010 Mohali Test Kirsten shared a memory from his coaching days, when he took Ishant Sharma to the nets to improve his batting. In the 2010 Mohali Test, Ishant shared an 81-run partnership with VVS Laxman and scored 31 runs to bring the team close to victory. This innings was the highest score of Ishant's Test career, which remained so till 2019. Young players shone under Gambhir's coaching Gary Kirsten also praised this young team, which is performing brilliantly in England under the leadership of Shubman Gill. He said, 'It is very exciting to see the young players who are now coming into the Indian team. This team is doing very well, and we should be excited by their success.'
India Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- India Today
Delighted for what Gautam Gambhir has achieved with Test team in England: Gary Kirsten
Former South Africa cricketer and India head coach Gary Kirsten is delighted with Gautam Gambhir for guiding India to a drawn series in England. The Shubman Gill-led side managed to level the five-match series 2-2, following their thrilling six-wicket win in the fifth Test at the Oval. Mohammed Siraj played a pivotal role in the team's sensational victory as he registered his career-best match figures of 9/190 to help India successfully defend the target of 374 runs in the fourth the second successive time that India has drawn the series in England 2-2 as they earlier also finished at 2-2 level in the 2021-22 rubber under the leadership of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah. Following India's marvellous win, Kirsten praised head coach Gautam Gambhir and revealed that the success of the team still excites him.'I'm really happy for the Indian cricket team for levelling the series and it's great for Indian cricket. I'm really pleased for Gautam Gambhir as well, I know him well. Really delighted and pleased for what he's achieved with the team. They're doing really well at the moment. We all get excited by the success of the Indian team. I certainly do and they've got a great bunch of young players coming through now and it's really exciting to be supporting them,' said Kirsten at an event organized by Yugen Infra in Delhi. Furthermore, he also recalled an incident from his coaching days with team India when he helped fast bowler Ishant Sharma to improve his batting, which helped the team win a thrilling Test match against Australia in Mohali in 2010.'One highlight in my three years with the Indian team was getting Ishant Sharma to come down to the nets with his batting pads and then to get him to face 48 balls in the test match against Australia with VVS Laxman to win the game. That was a highlight for me to work on his batting. I really enjoyed that from a leadership perspective because he didn't think he could bat. And he still can't bat that well, but we kind of helped him get through that test match and do really well,' he a target of 216, India were left staring down the barrel at 124/8 when Ishant Sharma joined VVS Laxman at the crease. The tailender held one end and stitched a crucial 81-run stand to get closer to victory. He played a vital innings of 31, which remained his highest score in Tests until his first half century in 2019 against West Indies. Ishant got dismissed on 205, leaving India 11 runs away from a win with just one wicket in hand. In the end, Laxman (73* off 79) and Pragyan Ojha took the team home to register a thrilling one-wicket win and take a 1-0 lead in the series.- EndsMust Watch
Economic Times
6 days ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Yugen Infra ropes in Gary Kirsten for cricket-themed villas, sports facilities in school
Realty firm Yugen Infra has roped in former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten to develop a 10-acre cricket-themed villa project near Goa. ADVERTISEMENT Gurugram-based Yugen Infra will also develop an international school integrated with sports facilities managed by Kirsten. "We have partnered with Gary Kirsten to develop 30 exclusive Cricket-Front Villas," Yugen Infra MD Sheeshram Yadav told reporters here on Wednesday. Kirsten will also helps us in creating sports facilities, primarily cricket and chess, at the international school, he added. Yadav said the total investment on this villa project and school would be around Rs 180 crore. Commenting on the tie-up, Kirsten said, "India has a very strong sporting culture." ADVERTISEMENT Through this tie-up, he said, the aim is to integrate school education with sports coaching. "The intention is development of sports within the school... we have got some decent experience around the model used in South Africa in the holistic development of a child, and hoping to kind of replicate that," Kirsten said. ADVERTISEMENT Kirsten, who was coach of Indian cricket team that won 2011 World Cup, said this is a new phase in his life. The school and villa project are part of 500-acre township 'Yugen Golf City, which is located on Goa and Maharashtra border. PTI (You can now subscribe to our ETMarkets WhatsApp channel)
Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Yugen Infra ropes in Gary Kirsten for cricket-themed villas, sports facilities in school
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our ETMarkets WhatsApp channel Realty firm Yugen Infra has roped in former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten to develop a 10-acre cricket-themed villa project near Yugen Infra will also develop an international school integrated with sports facilities managed by Kirsten."We have partnered with Gary Kirsten to develop 30 exclusive Cricket-Front Villas ," Yugen Infra MD Sheeshram Yadav told reporters here on will also helps us in creating sports facilities, primarily cricket and chess, at the international school, he said the total investment on this villa project and school would be around Rs 180 on the tie-up, Kirsten said, "India has a very strong sporting culture."Through this tie-up, he said, the aim is to integrate school education with sports coaching."The intention is development of sports within the school... we have got some decent experience around the model used in South Africa in the holistic development of a child, and hoping to kind of replicate that," Kirsten who was coach of Indian cricket team that won 2011 World Cup, said this is a new phase in his school and villa project are part of 500-acre township ' Yugen Golf City , which is located on Goa and Maharashtra border. PTI
