G.R.Vishwanath
Former Cricketer, Team India
Every year KIOC has been taking new initiatives to make the 'Cricket' experience more enjoyable & educational for their players, in the process helping the budding cricketers to take their game to the next level. More..
Sonia Odedra
Cricketer, Nottinghamshire and England Academy
I was recommended to KIOC by former Indian cricketer Hemang Badani a friend of mine. I wanted to develop specific things and my overall game. Being a women cricketer it is not always easy to find the right place.
Mamatha Maben
Former Captain, Team India and Team China’s National Coach
Karnataka Institute Of Cricket … The name says it all! It is an institute that not only cricketers from Karnataka aspire to be in - but cricketers from all across the globe too!
Ross Edwards
ECB level 3 Coach.
Having been at the KIOC academy on a number of occasions I can wholeheartedly recommend any young aspiring cricketer should spend time honing his/her skills at these fantastic facilities.
Anuradha D
Selected to play for English County.
Bangalore's Finest Cricket Academy - Karnataka Institute of Cricket was inaugurated by the then India captain Mohammad Azharuddin in 1996 at the RBANM's ground, Bangalore.
Team India and Karnataka's Cricket Greats' - EAS Prasanna, Raghuram Bhat, B.S. Chandrashekar, Sunil Joshi, David Johnson and First Class Karnataka Ranji players - Thilak Naidu, Suresh Shanbal and Girish Rao all first class Karnataka Ranji players and Najam Hussain have coached the young lads in the academy from time to time.
A dedicated team of coaches is only an icing on the cake. K I O C has had the privilege of coaching overseas cricketers. We have players from England, Scotland, U S A, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Middle East who have been successfully coached at our centre.
K I O C also handles School cricket coaching. Presently, KIOC coaches Cambridge Public School, Mount Carmel College,Oasis International School, New Baldwins Residential School, Bangalore Military School, National Junior School and Bangalore International school in Bangalore and Lawrance School and Laidlaw Memorial School in Ooty.
Our Academy also provides visitors from abroad with programs tailored to meet their personal needs. This may include Fitness, Physiotherapy, Injury Prevention, Psychology, Captaincy and Tactics as well as the usual batting, bowling and fielding. We have trained cricketers from countries such as Sri Lanka, Canada, Dubai, U S A and the U K.
We do all we can within our means to provide the Best of facilities and training to our wards at competitive prices.
At KIOC, we do our best to expose our trainees to very scientific High Performance Training programmes, along with tools to help monitor, track and assess progress of our wards. Bowling machines, Video Analysis and Sports Analysis software are few of the facilities our trainees enjoy.
KIOC conducts annual tours to countries like Sri lanka, Australia, England and other states in India. These tours are extremely popular as the trainees get much needed exposure and better understand the demands of touring life.