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Why this campaign exists
There is no shortage of talent in the villages. What is missing is a selector who ever comes to look. A player good enough for a national side can spend an entire career on a village ground because no one from outside it ever watched them play.
What we do
Under Play India Play we hold a rural sports talent hunt, searching for the best players from the villages of every tehsil, and give them a national sports platform to be seen on.
- Trials in every tehsil — we come to the players rather than asking them to travel to a city
- Open selection — free to enter, no club affiliation and no recommendation required
- Selection on merit — a player is judged on what they show on the ground that day
- A route upward — selected players move on from the tehsil trial to the National Championship, and from there onto a national sports platform
Rural Cricket Talent Hunt 2026-2027
The current round of trials is the Rural Cricket Talent Hunt, organised by Indian Youth Sports and powered by Grameen Sarv Kalyan Samiti. Selected players go on to the National Championship, and from there onto a national sports platform.
Registration is open and free. [Register for the trials](/registration) to enter.
