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{{Infobox person
| name = Tarak Sinha
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |63 |2013|1|18}}<ref name=gens/>
| other_names = Ustaadji<ref name=love/>
}}
'''Tarak Sinha''' is an Indian [[cricket]] coach who runs the Sonnet Cricket Club in [[Delhi]]. He has coached 12 cricketers who have gone on to play international cricket for [[India national cricket team|India]] and more than 100 [[first-class cricket]]ers.<ref name=gens>{{cite news|last1=Vivek|first1=G. S.|title=4 Generations 12 International Cricketers 1 Coach|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tarak-sinha-hero-of-domestic-cricket-ranji-trophy/1/242793.html|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=India Today|date=18 January 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
===Sonnet Cricket Club===
Sinha founded the Sonnet Cricket Club in 1969 after he failed to get selected in Delhi's junior team for the CK Nayudu Trophy. The club was started at the grounds of Birla School in [[Kamla Nagar]], where he studied and played cricket as a [[wicket-keeper]]. He worked as a clerk at the [[PGDAV College]] at the same time. With an initial batch of 20-odd trainees and minimum facilities, the club did not get affiliation with the [[Delhi & District Cricket Association]] (DDCA). The club was shifted to [[Ajmal Khan Park]] in [[Karol Bagh]] in order to allow cricketers from other parts of the city to be trained. Followed by victories over more prominent clubs and participation in major tournaments, the club got DDCA affiliation in 1971 and was promoted from D division to A division.<ref name=poem>{{cite news|last1=S|first1=Santhanam|title=One-man poem|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/dreamfields/content/story/572223.html|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> The club then shifted to [[Rajdhani College]] where it got better facilities.<ref name=dream>{{cite news|last1=Kishore|first1=Shashank|title=The shaping of Sinha’s Sonnet dream|url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/shaping-sinhas-sonnet-dream/132964|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=Wisden India|date=3 November 2014}}</ref>

The club went on to win all major trophies over the years. It also formed a rivalry with the National Institute of Sport (NIS) which was run by the government and had much better facilities.<ref name=poem/> According to [[Atul Wassan]], "NIS catered to rich kids mainly and Sonnet encouraged boys from middle and lower middle class."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lokapally|first1=Vijay|title=Of poetry on pitch|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/of-poetry-on-pitch/article4999587.ece|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=The Hindu|date=7 August 2013}}</ref> In early-2000s the club moved to [[Sri Venkateswara College]] in [[Delhi University]]'s South Campus, which remains its base as of 2020.<ref name=love>{{cite news|last1=Ugra|first1=Sharda|title=Tarak Sinha's 40-year labour of love|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/awards2013/content/story/725869.html|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=14 March 2014}}</ref> Several cricketers who got trained at the club in the past help Sinha run the club.<ref>{{cite news|last1=P. K.|first1=Ajith Kumar|title=Unsung hero|url=http://www.sportstaronnet.com/tss3604/stories/20130126507706200.htm|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=Sportstar|date=26 January 2013}}</ref>

====Notable alumni====
International cricketers who trained under Sinha at the club:
*[[Surinder Khanna]]<ref name=love/>
*[[Randhir Singh (cricketer)|Randhir Singh]]<ref name=love/>
*[[Manoj Prabhakar]]<ref name=poem/>
*[[Raman Lamba]]<ref name=poem/>
*[[Ajay Sharma]]<ref name=poem/>
*[[Sanjeev Sharma]]<ref name=poem/>
*[[Atul Wassan]]<ref name=love/>
*[[Anjum Chopra]]<ref name=love/>
*[[Ashish Nehra]]<ref name=poem/>
*[[Aakash Chopra]]<ref name=poem/>
*[[Shikhar Dhawan]]<ref name=love/>
*[[Rishabh Pant]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Basu|first1=Arani|title=Tarak Sinha is not a father figure... he is my father, says Rishabh Pant|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/Tarak-Sinha-is-not-a-father-figure-he-is-my-father-says-Rishabh-Pant/articleshow/55463348.cms|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=The Times of India|date=16 November 2016}}</ref>

===National and international assignments===
The [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] appointed Sinha as the coach of [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]], and under him the team won its fourth Ranji title in [[1985–86 Ranji Trophy|1985–86 season]].<ref name=love/> In 2001–02, he was appointed head coach of the [[India national women's cricket team|national women's team]], when [[Mithali Raj]] and [[Jhulan Goswami]] were in their debut international seasons.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lokapally|first1=Vijay|title=Sinha, Sharma welcome financial windfall|url=http://www.sportstarlive.com/cricket/sinha-sharma-welcome-financial-windfall/article19344406.ece|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=Sportstar|date=24 July 2017}}</ref> The team went on to win its first overseas Test series, in South Africa, and beat England 4–0 at home during his tenure. In 2002, he was appointed to coach Delhi junior teams; the state won tournaments in under-15, under-19 and under-22 age groups.<ref name=dream/>

The [[Rajasthan Cricket Association]] (RCA) sought Sinha's services as the board of director of its academies in 2010. He was part of [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]'s journey from the Plate Division to its first-ever Ranji trophy title in the [[2010–11 Ranji Trophy|2010–11 season]]. After his ouster from the RCA, he was appointed as the coach of another Plate Division team, [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]], whom he guided to the Ranji knockouts for the first time in the [[2012–13 Ranji Trophy|2012–13 season]].<ref name=love/>

==Awards==
* [[Dronacharya Award]], 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=Tarak Sinha to get Dronacharya award |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/indian/tarak-sinha-dronacharya-award/article24999795.ece |accessdate=5 August 2019 |work=Sportstar}}</ref>
* [[ESPNcricinfo]]'s Contribution to Cricket award, 2013<ref>{{cite news |title=Awards 2013 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/awards2013/content/site/awards2013/index.html |accessdate=5 August 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:People from Delhi]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Dronacharya Award]]

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