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Strikers Academy is founded on the principle of harnessing the transformative power of cricket to shape and inspire young athletes in the Bay Area. Our core mission is to develop not just skilled cricketers, but well-rounded individuals who embody teamwork, perseverance, and excellence ✨

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Champions. Strikers U13 Tensors.Every tournament turns on one game. You just don’t know which one until it’s over.Ours w...
09/08/2026

Champions. Strikers U13 Tensors.

Every tournament turns on one game. You just don’t know which one until it’s over.

Ours was Saturday. Three runs short chasing CCA. The boys barely spoke after that one.

Two days earlier the same group had put up 289 and won by 240. Then 224 and won by 175. Then three runs.

Sunday’s final was a different kind of night. 148 on the board and nothing to spare. SRCA batted deep and took it all the way.

We won by 6.

Samraat took MVP and finished with the most runs of the tournament — 234 of them. Ayush Rao, best bowler. Yug, best fielder. Every individual award in the division came back with us.

But the awards don’t cover it. Sharvil’s bowling. Rishi Ram. Rudy in the final. Those last five overs were as clutch as anything I’ve seen at this age, and nobody hands out a trophy for it.

I don’t know if the boys understand yet how rarely a weekend like this happens. Give it a few years.

That’s not four good days of cricket — that’s a team that lost by three runs on Saturday and found a way to win by six on Sunday.

To the Tensors: you earned every bit of it.

Coach Esmail, Sachin and Rishi — thank you for the hours nobody sees.

And to the parents who stood on that field all weekend, this one’s yours too.

2026 SRCA U13 Labor Day Tournament Champions

Bilal B. Draft pick, MiLC 2026. Year two.Most of our stories start at U11. His started in ninth grade, on a flight from ...
09/04/2026

Bilal B. Draft pick, MiLC 2026. Year two.

Most of our stories start at U11. His started in ninth grade, on a flight from Bangalore. New country, new school, new everything — and cricket was the only thing that came with him.

Two seasons of trying every role, looking for his own.

Then 67 off 37 against UC. Then 71 against Tracy, seven of them into the crowd. Back-to-back fifties.

Something has clicked. This year he finds out.

He picked us before we could pick him.Vidit Kwatra — draft pick, MiLC 2026.He came to us at twelve and has told us almos...
09/04/2026

He picked us before we could pick him.

Vidit Kwatra — draft pick, MiLC 2026.

He came to us at twelve and has told us almost nothing about himself since. Bad winter — not a word. Flu all week before a final — played it, won it, never mentioned it.

Then he said one thing: that he wanted to be here. He gave up a guaranteed pre-draft spot somewhere else to say it. At fifteen.

MiLC '26 is starting in 3weeks. And guess who our first pre-draft pick is.Vivaan J. U11 to Minor League, all of it here....
09/04/2026

MiLC '26 is starting in 3weeks. And guess who our first pre-draft pick is.

Vivaan J. U11 to Minor League, all of it here.

Swipe for the part he'd never tell you himself.

Nothing makes us prouder than players like this choosing Strikers as home.

Pre-draft pick number two. No surprises here — and that's exactly the point.Naman Patil. Year three in blue.U11, U13, U1...
09/04/2026

Pre-draft pick number two. No surprises here — and that's exactly the point.

Naman Patil. Year three in blue.

U11, U13, U15, NCCA, Minor League. Every step of it here.

We don't pick kids for one season. We back them and let them grow into it.

Praneel Venna. Draft pick, MiLC 2026.He's been doing a man's job since he was fourteen. When the academy was at its lowe...
09/04/2026

Praneel Venna. Draft pick, MiLC 2026.

He's been doing a man's job since he was fourteen. When the academy was at its lowest he was the one holding it up, and every time a game got close the ball went to him.

He's also the gentlest kid in the group. Things land on him and he doesn't hide it — and he turns up the next morning and bowls tearaway fast anyway.

That's the hard part. Not the pace.

Cricket is a team game. The last eight months weren't.Kashyap Manchili — draft pick, MiLC 2026. Best gloves in our circu...
09/04/2026

Cricket is a team game. The last eight months weren't.

Kashyap Manchili — draft pick, MiLC 2026. Best gloves in our circuit, in every Hub side since he was small enough to need both hands for a trophy, and the one doing impressions of half the squad in the corner of the dressing room.

He never wanted to be a story. He wanted to be a cricketer. First game back: fifty-three off forty-six, and man of the match — the same words that were on his very first trophy.

Some journeys inspire. Some transform.

The comeback is done. This is the new chapter.

First internal test match at Taarika.
08/06/2026

First internal test match at Taarika.

A BIG WEEKEND FOR BAY AREA CRICKET! The USA Cricket U13 Western Conference has wrapped, and the Bay Area stood tall — th...
07/30/2026

A BIG WEEKEND FOR BAY AREA CRICKET!

The USA Cricket U13 Western Conference has wrapped, and the Bay Area stood tall — the Bay Area Unicorns were crowned CHAMPIONS with a flawless 9 from 9, and the Bay Area Titans finished as RUNNERS-UP. A proud moment for the whole region.

We're thrilled that 7 Strikers Cricket Academy players were part of this Bay Area success story, contributing across both finalist teams

Rudransh Kumar — 107 runs & 3 wickets
Sharvil Adkar — 8 wickets | POTM in the Final & 3rd-highest wicket-taker
Yug Kukreja — 9 dismissals
Satya Pulusu — Captain - opening bat
Ishaan Parmar — 4 wickets & the most dot balls of Leg 2
Samraat Dhankhar — powerful hitter & exceptional fielder
Vihaan Yerrapragada — rising all-rounder

Hats off to every player, coach, parent, and the USA Cricket Bay Area Hub for a tournament to remember. When Bay Area cricket wins, we all win.

Swipe to meet the players →

06/26/2026

How to get explosive.

Explosive power is what separates good athletes from great ones — and it’s built, rep by rep, jump by jump. These are 4 plyometric drills that train your legs to fire fast and hard. 12 reps each leg, 3 rounds, fast and explosive every time.

The best part? You can do all of it right at home — all you need is a box and some space.

And if you want the full experience, Coach Kamran is putting our athletes through the wringer in our camp and strength & conditioning sessions.

Don’t waste your summer. There’s no better time to put in the work and come back a different athlete.

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