Minister for Civil Supplies and Legislative Affairs D Sridhar Babu on Thursday inaugurated the Cricket Association of Telangana at a private hotel.

The Cricket Association of Telangana (CAT) is formed to promote the real talented cricketers in the region, who are being neglected and subjected to discrimination for many years.

The CAT would give top priority to Telangana cricketers, who were neglected by the Hyderabad Cricket Association and Andhra Cricket Association.CAT founder secretary Sunil Babu Kolanpaka stated that the CAT would start off with 20-20 cricket tournament in Hyderabad from mid of July.

He said that the CAT would also conduct inter-district tournaments at Karimnagar followed by inter-schools, inter-collegiate, inter-universities and local league matches at all Telangana districts.

He said that the CAT would launch Cricket Academy and talent search camps in all Telangana districts.

CAT president E Lakshminarayana and joint secretary B Sriram Chakravarthy and other office-bearers were present in the programme.(INN)

source: http://www.siasat.com / Hyderabad / Friday, June 15th, 2012