Football talk

In tune with the sports frenzy building up on the campus, BEP met up with the football team captain Bhargav Rani. He sounded optimistic and confident about the team’s form. He said that the team’s performance had been pretty good last year, though they couldn't make it to the finals they were in the third place. Since the team has improved since then and is in its best shape right now, he feels that they have a fair chance of getting the top position this BOSM.

Talking about the first yearites participation he said he was quite disappointed since they have only one first yearite in the team. He hopes this situation will improve later and that they would be able to get good quality players from first year too. The maximum participation is from second yearites. He credited the football leagues for the drastic improvement in the second yearites’ game. The football league was a huge success last year with around 250 people participating. Rani said that the football league had also boosted football’s popularity in BITS. Considering all these benefits of the league, he plans to make the Football League a tradition in BITS

He is happy with the practice sessions and the team’s dedication to the game. The team practices 5:30pm to 7:30pm every day of the week. There is a football coach too to help them improve their game. Rani however regrets the state of infrastructure available. Uneven ground and water logging are major problems hindering their practice. The team’s practice was also hampered by the workers’ strike as they could not play full-length matches due to overgrown grass & weeds in the ground. However, he is quite satisfied with the way they have used available resources for the game.

During the course of the conversation he informed that 15 out-station teams were coming for BOSM this year and that this is the largest participation in the past few years. So there will be lots of action for everyone to watch on the football ground. Matches will start from 7:00am itself with more than 5-6 matches a days. A team may have to play two matches a day but this he says is inevitable considering the participation. He hopes all the Bitsians will turn up and cheer the BITS team.Let us hope to see filled up stands and some great football!!