Queensland Cricket’s Namastey India visit forges key partnerships

The Queensland Cricket Association undertook the Namaste India visit coinciding with the visit of the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Ahmedabad, Gujarat to attend the fourth test match of the Border Gavaskar trophy, also graced by PM Narendra Modi. This historic tour of Queensland Cricket aimed to forge mediumand long-term partnerships and lasting engagements with a number of cricket officials, stakeholders, institutions, training academies and charity organisations.

The delegation was led by Queensland Cricket CEO Terry Svenson, Ian Healy-board member, Adam Dale-General Manager Corporate Relations and Dr Ashutosh MisraProject Multicultural leader. The delegation interacted with the president of Gujarat Cricket Association Mr Dhanraj Nathwani, Honorary Secretary Anil Patel, President of BCCI Roger Binny, Secretary Jai Shah, former chairman of IPL Brijesh Patel, former Indian players VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh and Dilip Doshi.

The delegation also met with Colonel Arvinder Singh, CEO of Gujarat Titans and his entire team in Ahmedabad. The delegation also visited the MS Dhoni cricket academy in Ahmedabad and an Aged care facility and the Ecstatic Smile Charity Foundation headed by Dr. Julie Desai in Ahmedabad. Delegation also met with Mike Baird and Todd Greenberg representing the ICC and the Australian Cricket Association, respectively. Amongst the corporate organisations the delegation interacted with Reliance New Energy Limited, the Adani Enterprise, and Sports Live Hyderabad CEO Prasad Mangipudi.

The delegation hopes to foster exchanges between Brisbane Heat and Gujarat Titans, junior and senior state teams, coaches, technical staff and former national players to facilitate training and mentoring of emerging players and also to bolster mutual investments.