Lillee shortlists 12 trainees

CHENNAI, JUNE 28. Fast bowling guru Dennis Lillee has picked 12 boys to train under him at the MRF Pace Foundation. Lillee said that these 12, taken from the the 15 players he had shortlisted during his earlier visit in February, had impressed him the most and had the potential to blossom into talented bowlers.

The 15 boys were put through endurance and strength programme on the lines of the Australian cricket academy (ACA). Lillee also mentioned that Sandy Gordon, a sports psychologist of the ACA and who works with the Australian cricket board, shared his expertise on the mental aspects of the game.

Lillee announced the 12 players after the conclusion of his periodical visit to the academy to select the boys at a clinic conducted between June 17 and 27.

lThe list of trainees:Ishan Malhotra (Punjab), Tinu Yohannan (Kerala), Sujoy Parul (Bengal), G. Chaitra (Karnataka), Prashanth Chandran (Kerala), Chandrasekhar Atram (Vidarbha), Baburao Yadav (Vidarbha), Abhishek Choudhury (Delhi), Harish Puri (Punjab), Irfan Pathan (Vadodara), K.S. Veeranan (Tamil Nadu) and Avishkar Salvi (Mumbai).

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