Super Kings Academy set for a ‘half-century’
The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) cricket franchise is expanding its global grassroots training initiative, the Super Kings Academy, to reach 50 centers. The academy focuses on providing professional coaching and infrastructure to young players across India and several international locations.
Why it matters
This initiative highlights the growing commercial and cultural influence of IPL franchises in developing global cricket talent and infrastructure.
Since its inception in 2008, Chennai Super Kings has been one of the most popular sporting franchises in the world with a global fanbase.
In a bid to promote grassroots cricket, CSK — the joint-most successful team in the IPL — opened the Super Kings Academy (SKA) in 2022 to train the next generation of players who could one day represent the franchise and country.
What started with just two centres four years ago has grown rapidly and the academy is set to unveil its 50th centre soon. Apart from India, the Super Kings Academy is present in the USA (11 centres), Australia, Singapore (2 centres) and Canada. There are plans to open one in Qatar as well.
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