The Chinese Consul General on Monday gave a proposition to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) to assist with developing cricket in their country.

The Cricket Association of Bengal is currently marking a notice of figuring out (MoU) with the Chinese Consul General here to foster the game at Chongqing City.

A three-member Chinese delegation, led by Zha Liyou, Consul General of China in Kolkata, met CAB president Avishek Dalmiya at Eden Gardens with a proposition to sign a MoU under which they can send players here for training.

According to the proposal, the Chinese city would increase the scope of commitment with shared visits, introduction of coaches and cordial matches, among other things.

“Today they came, they expressed their willingness to have exchange programme we will assist them whether it is friendly matches, etc. We are always there for 5the growth of crickets. My father’s motto was globalisation. and even when he was in the Asian cricket council, that’s when a lot of emphasis is placed on China so that they can also come up. They also appreciate the effort taken by my father. We have assured our cooperation as we believe in the philosophy of spreading cricket globally and it is encouraging to see China taking the initiative to play the game,”

Dalmiya stated

Zhang Hongjie, economic and commercial consul, and Zhang ZHizhong, head of bilateral relations division, were also important for the delegation. Also present were Hony Secretary Snehasish Ganguly, Vice-President Naresh Kumar Ojha, Jt Secretary Debabrata Das and Treasurer Debasish Ganguly.

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The proposition stated that the Cricket Association of Chongqing was eager to establish collaboration with CAB to work fair and square of cricket in Chongqing. To that effect, they proposed to sign a MOU with CAB by which they can send players to Kolkata for training.