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Silchar Veteran Cricketers Club (SVCC) is all set to host a state level cricket umpiresโ€™ seminar cum workshop on September 9 and 10 next.

Disclosing this at a press conference, president of SVCC, Bijendra Prasad Singh, said, โ€œWith the help of president of District Sports Association of Silchar, Babul Hore, we have been able to rope in two high class BCCI panelist umpires.โ€

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โ€œOne is from West Bengal, Satrajit Lahiri, and the other from Jharkhand โ€“ Somnath Jha,โ€ he added.

Bijendra Singh also said, โ€œBoth these umpires have been officiating for BCCI in elite as well as plate group of Ranji matches, apart from doing their umpiring for BCCIโ€™s Vijay Hazare and Syed Mustaq Ali trophies, for more than a decade.โ€

โ€œTheir presence in Silchar for this two-day seminar cum workshop shall not only benefit the state level umpires of Assam, but also help other cricket enthusiasts and players to learn some cricket skills as both of them are renowned coaches of their respective states and country as a whole,โ€ said Singh.

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Speaking more on conducting this state level umpiresโ€™s seminar cum workshop, secretary of SVCC, Niranjan Das, informed, โ€œSatrajit Lahiri, apart from being a BCCI umpire is the head coach of M S Dhoni Cricket Academy, both in India and abroad.โ€

โ€œHe also teaches coaches at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) of BCCI,โ€ Das added.

โ€œSomnath Jha too, apart from representing Bihar for the Ranji trophy matches, was a state level coach for the Under-17 and Under-23 cricket squads for Jharkhand,โ€ Das also said.

โ€œWe cannot ask for more and are anxiously waiting to avail their technical know-how and services,โ€ added Das.

Niranjan Das, further said, โ€œWe are now approaching through mail, phone calls and official letters all state and district level umpires of Assam to come here and take part in this seminar cum workshop.โ€

โ€œWe would bear all the expenses for accommodation and food for the outstation umpires,โ€ he added.

Babul Hore, president, DSA, Silchar, the man who made all the necessary arrangements while speaking to Northeast Now, said, โ€œWe had a similar seminar for umpires way back in 2007 in Silchar.โ€

โ€œA grand attempt by SVCC to hold such a magnanimous event is always laudable for which have contributed my part,โ€ he added.

โ€œThe Assam Cricket Association (ACA) has approved of conducting this umpiresโ€™ seminar cum workshop and I personally have requested ACAโ€™s Hony Secretary, Devajit Saikia to come to Silchar and make this programme a grand success,โ€ said Babul Hore.

Aniruddha Laskar is the Chief of Bureau, South Assam &and Mizoram. He can be reached at - [email protected]