Arun Lakhani Confident Of Uplifting Badminton Standard In Maharashtra

NAGPUR: Arun Lakhani, the newly elected president of Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA) is confident in bringing up positive changes in badminton sport for the Maharashtra state.

The city businessman said it is an honour to lead the MBA and will strive hard to take the game to another level during his three-year tenure.

“The MBA has managed to spread the game to all corners of the state. Around 24 districts are active, which is a very positive sign for badminton. Still, we lack in providing facilities to the talented players. We don’t have enough infrastructure to accommodate more players. My focus will be on to develop the facilities and infrastructure,” said Lakhani while addressing meet-the-press programme, organized by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur, here on Monday.

He was referring to the fact that, several players of Maharashtra train outside the state because lack of top class academy in the region.

“Although we are churning out quality players on regular basis, we failed to keep them in state. They move out to Hyderabad, Bangalore and other places as they have world-class academies. If we can provide them same facility here, there is no reason they migrate to other cities. We will make all-out efforts to start our own academy,” said Lakhani.

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