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The '''Talent Resource Development Wing''' (TRDW, sometimes also called Talent Resource Development Scheme (TRDS)) was an initiative of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) to spot local talent, looking beyond the established cricketing centres. The TRDW was established in 2002 with former [[Indian Cricket Team|India national captain]] [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] as its chairman, when [[Jagmohan Dalmiya]] was BCCI President. Many successful players of the [[India national cricket team|Indian team]], including [[Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] winning captain [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]], [[Suresh Raina]], [[Irfan Pathan]], [[Sreesanth]], [[RP Singh]] and [[Piyush Chawla]] were first recognised via the TRDW.<ref name="bowlers">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/article1606925.ece|title=BCCI needs to hunt and groom bowlers|date=7 April 2011|accessdate=8 April 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref name="Makarand">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/30/stories/2006053004941900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001063817/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/30/stories/2006053004941900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2007|date=30 May 2006|accessdate=8 April 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=TRDW – the way to go}}</ref> Prior to this system, the local state cricket associations played the key role in choosing players for that state's team and recommending names to national level selectors. This led to frequent accusations of favouritism and corruption; charges that past players and state selectors would tend to belong to state capitals and urban centres, thus forming a closed club which small town players found it hard to break into.<ref name="Makarand" /><ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/489633.html|title=The great Indian selection circus|date=2 December 2010|accessdate=8 April 2011|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}</ref> The TRDW was intended to allow talent to be discovered directly by the BCCI, and fast-tracked into being groomed for national team duty via the [[National Cricket Academy]] (NCA) and zonal academies. TRDW-selected players have played an important role in the Indian team's performances over the past few years, crowned by the unprecedented success of [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] as India's captain, and the [[2011 Cricket World Cup]] victory.<ref name="Makarand" />

==Structure==
The scheme consisted of 20 Talent Resource Development Officers (TRDOs) who watched local junior matches around the country, rated the players on a uniform objective scale, and reported directly to the National Junior Selection Committee and the [[National Cricket Academy]] (NCA). Thus they bypassed state cricket associations, which often were urban-centric, politicised, and tended to have their own favourites.<ref name="Mirror">{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=TU1JUi8yMDA4LzAzLzEzI0FyMDI2MDA=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom|title=Bring back the scouts|publisher=[[Mumbai Mirror]]|date=30 March 2008|accessdate=8 April 2011}}</ref> Since multiple TRDOs assessed the same player on an objective scale, the chances of favouritism or bias were minimised.<ref name="Makarand" /> The TRDW does not exist in its original form now, lapsing in 2006 after a power-shift in the BCCI and the exit of Dalmiya.<ref name="Cricinfo" /> The NCA has also decided to focus primarily on Under-19 Cricket.<ref name="Mirror" />

==Origin==
The TRDW's origin was in a similar scheme started in 2001 in [[Karnataka]] state by ex- [[Baroda Cricket Association]] head [[Makarand Waingankar]], who was then a consultant with the [[Karnataka State Cricket Association]] (KSCA). According to Waingankar, within a few months of the scheme beginning in Karnataka, the small district talent was performing competitively with [[Bangalore]] (capital of Karnataka) players.<ref name="Makarand" /> The [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] was impressed with the results; under BCCI President and former [[International Cricket Council]] Chairman [[Jagmohan Dalmiya]], it decided to replicate it on a national scale. The TRDW initiative was set up in 2002, and chaired nationally by former [[India national cricket team|India]] [[test cricket]] captain [[Dilip Vengsarkar]], assisted by [[Brijesh Patel]].

==Discoveries==
Indian captain [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] was discovered by TRDO [[Prakash Poddar]], a captain of [[Cricket Association of Bengal|Bengal]] in the 1960s, when he saw Dhoni play for [[Jharkhand]] at a match in [[Jamshedpur]] in 2003, and sent a report to the NCA.<ref name="Mirror" />
Other prominent players discovered via TRDW who have played for the [[India national cricket team|Indian team]] include left-handed [[batsman]] [[Suresh Raina]], [[Baroda Cricket Association|Baroda]] [[all-rounder]] [[Irfan Pathan]], right-arm [[Seam bowling|seamer]] [[Sreesanth]], [[leg-spin]]ner [[Piyush Chawla]], [[Seam bowling|seamer]] [[VRV Singh]], and left-arm [[Seam bowling|seamer]] [[RP Singh]].<ref name="bowlers" />

==Replication in IPL==
The [[Indian Premier League]] franchise [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] (KKR) set up a TRDW in 2009 (the [[2009 Indian Premier League|second IPL season]]) on the lines of BCCI's original model, to spot local talent nationwide. The wing was headed by Makarand Wainganker, the same person who first initiated the concept for the [[Karnataka State Cricket Association|KSCA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iplpulse.com/ipl/kkr-ipl/waingankar-joins-kolkata-knight-riders-as-trdw-chief/|title=Wainganker joins KKR as TRDW chief|date=1 May 2009|accessdate=8 April 2011}}</ref> However, Wainganker eventually resigned after persistent disagreements with the then KKR coach, [[John Buchanan (cricketer, born 1953)|John Buchanan]], over team selection and Buchanan's "multiple captains" theory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/sports/in-a-hell-called-kolkata-knight-riders|title=In a hell called Kolkata Knight Riders|date=30 May 2009|accessdate=8 April 2011|work=Open magazine}}</ref>

==See also==
[[Makarand Waingankar]]

[[Dilip Vengsarkar]]

==References==
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[[Category:Cricket administration in India]]

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