Indian Super League finds its celebrity game lovers

One of the prominent criteria in the process of ‘League Partners’ selection had been the commitment towards grass roots development – an essential ingredient required for a systematic growth of the sport. In the first year itself, Indian Super League along with its eight Partners aims to reach out to 1 million kids through an in-school program and community development. Going forward, the League envisage to have grassroots training module, on the lines of FIFA approved programs,for age specific coaching starting with U-8 and by the year five, each League Partners to have a full-time academy. Dabangg Salman Khan has gone ahead and bought the Pune franchise with Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan of the Wadhawan Group.