{"id":236337,"date":"2024-03-05T01:41:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=236337"},"modified":"2024-03-05T01:41:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:11:18","slug":"doria-playing-on-the-front-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/doria-playing-on-the-front-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Doria playing on the front foot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>[ Indu Chukhu ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have you ever thought of giving back to your society after having all the privileges you have? If not, learn from Arunachali cricketer Techi Doria &#8211; once known as the &#8216;Bob Marley of Indian Cricket&#8217; &#8211; from C Sector, Naharlagun, who is providing a month-long free cricket coaching this year, starting from 5 March, as part of his summer camp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Doria coached more than 80 cricketers last year for two months. &#8220;This year, however, the period has been shortened to a month, owing to the examinations being held in many schools,&#8221; he informed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Students from Doimukh, Nirjuli, Lekhi, Yupia and Papu Nallah had participated in the camp last year. This year, I am thrilled to learn that a student from Pasighat in East Siang district is also participating in the free summer camp,&#8221; said Doria, adding that many of the students come on foot for the training, including a student from Naharlagun&#8217;s G Extension.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Doria&#8217;s summer camp site is located in A Sector, beyond the Naga Christian Fellowship and Yeli Honda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He will also provide a month-long free training in cricket to girls who have not participated in any cricket tournament organised by the Arunachal Cricket Association.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Doria said that girls have an advantage over boys to excel in cricket, &#8220;since their participation in the game is less than that of boys, and hence the competition is lesser.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;My intention is to provide free coaching to those who want to learn cricket, and to encourage them to do better with their talents. In my days as a cricket learner, I had to bear the brunt of hefty fees from the coaching institute. I don&#8217;t want the same reason to stop others from learning,&#8221; said Doria, adding that one of his main thrusts is on giving the underprivileged ones the chance to learn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I am wholeheartedly willing to be a part of their journey,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Tai Ayum and Tadar Yalum &#8211; two girls who have received training from Doria, said that he was immensely supportive throughout the training period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We had no formal training in cricket. When we joined the coaching camp, we knew nothing about cricket,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ayum said, &#8220;Doriya bhaiya played a major role in shaping my journey as a cricketer, and I gained immense confidence after the coaching camp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Doria is of the opinion that girl cricketers of the state have immense potential and, with proper training, will be able to make it to the Indian women&#8217;s cricket someday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tai Ayum, Nabam Ninu, Kino Nanung, Techi Medum, Taba Nuku, Jikke Happy, Tarak Yal and Tadar Yalum are some of the girl cricketers who have been trained at Doria&#8217;s camp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Arunachal Cricket Association&#8217;s U-15 girls&#8217; cricket team captain Tarak Yal said that she underwent two months&#8217; training under Doria, &#8220;and I got the opportunity to lead my team in Gujarat in November 2023.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Doria continues playing on the front foot, and his hard work and philanthropic act are bound to produce results in the days to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ Indu Chukhu ] Have you ever thought of giving back to your society after having all the privileges you have? If not, learn from Arunachali cricketer Techi Doria &#8211; once known as the &#8216;Bob Marley of Indian Cricket&#8217; &#8211; from C Sector, Naharlagun, who is providing a month-long free cricket coaching this year, starting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-236337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}