Amidst the frenzy of the India Premier League (IPL), another cricket league has been launched, albeit without much fanfare, to shape the dreams of scores of urban slum children in the national capital. The ripples of the training programme, named Gully Cricket League (GCL), is expected to touch the lives of budding cricketers and enable them to transcend the boundaries of deprivation and struggle.
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