KARNATAKA INSTITUTE OF CRICKET - KIOC

KIOC has been touring England and Australia alternatively since 1996. The boys earlier played matches against the local sides. Since 2007 the focus has been on coaching. This has really proved beneficial as the young boys are exposed to the English and Australian methods of coaching, combined with what they are getting at KIOC the boys are in a position of great advantage. However, the tours to Sri Lanka and Hyderabad are all about playing a number of competitive matches

KIOC tour to England

KIOC toured England this year from the 26th September to the 15th of October 2009. The team landed at Manchester and visited Birmingham, Worcester, Basingstoke, Dummer and London. The boys attended coaching clinics at Old Trafford, Edgbaston, Worcestershire and Dummer. The high point of the tour was the six days of batting Master-Classes with Gary Palmer. The team returned to India via Dubai after a three days Holiday in London

KIOC Tour to Australia.

Twelve boys enrolled for the tour which commenced on the 10th of August 2008. While the boys were coached by the former Australia Captain Graham Yallop earlier, this time the boys were fortunate to be coached by the best bowling coach Damien Flemming. We also had the services Adam Crosthwaite, Steve Maddocks, Andrew Walton, Hamish Solomon, Barry Davison, Tim Spark and other coaches at Melbourne cricket centre, Sydney Cricket Ground and Kingsgrove Cricket Academy. Fast Bowling lessons by the former Australia bowler and perhaps the best bowling coach Damien Flemming, One-On-One coaching, squad training with the Fitzroy-Doncaster club and T20 coaching by Adam Crosthwaite were the high points of the tour and the boys immensely benefitted while thoroughly enjoying the tour. This was perhaps the BEST TOUR EVER by KIOC

Annual Tour to Sri Lanka

Qualified umpire and senior KIOC coach Chitti Babu accompanied the boys on a ten day tour to Sri Lanka. The KIOC lads played ten games in Colombo and won eight of them including the T20 championship. Nishanth Singh Shekhawat was the star performer with a tour aggregate of 866 runs. Sankalp was the most successful bowler with 15 wickets while Ajay B was the best All rounder.

The KIOC team also witnessed the India -Sri Lanka T20 Inter-National thanks to the assistance of India Bowling Coach Venkatesh Prasad who helped KIOC lads in acquiring the tickets.

Tenth KIOC Tour to Hyderabad

KIOC tour to Hyderabad was a great success this year. Sixty seven boys Travelled with senior coach Mr Masood who was assisted by Mohammed Jaffer, Mrs Naaz , Mrs Zeba and Taha. The KIOC boys enjoyed the famous Hyderabad hospitality. Thanks are due to former India cricketer Arshad Ayub, Rajkumar, Sai Baba Cricket Centre, Nasr School and many other academies who made this TENTH ANNUAL TOUR a memorable one by organising innumerable matches.

Ross Edwards to coach at KIOC

ECB level 3 tutor and assessor Ross Edwards has been visiting and coaching the KIOC wards on an annual exchange programme. The KIOC boys will be coached by Ross in England in the month of August while Ross will come down to KIOC again in October with a few English lads.