Why are Cricket loving parents not training cricket to their kids to be the next Kohli / Sachin / Bumrah… in Qatar?
I have been in Qatar for about 4 years and I see a lot of enthusiasm for cricket amongst the adults, especially the south Asian living in Qatar which is the majority of the population.
There are many who have week offs only on Fridays, would wake up at 5 am and head to the cricket field enjoy a 20 over tennis ball game, pray Jummah and chill with family in the evening.
However, I have not seen many of these parents train their kids with the same passion. I know, there are parents who introduce cricket and other sport and let the children find its own best sport. However, for the majority they absolutely don’t give enough attention to sport and focus on the educational aspect more. I wonder why is training not given enough importance even in this day and age?
Is it because the training cost is too high? Or is it because parents are worried even in this age that it won’t benefit the child in his future? I want to know from the parents what their thoughts are? I would love to hear from cricket enthusiasts especially the parents living in Qatar.
Talking about Qatar I want to compare it with UAE, Things are totally different in UAE. I see their cricket is lot of steps ahead of Qatar. What is stopping Qatar to be the same levels?
I also want to know what people would like to see around cricket that can make them come make their become the likes of Vaibhav Suryavanshi or Ayush Mhatre or even Usman Khan (originally from UAE, now in Pakistan)?
Would love to hear your thoughts 💭