New Delhi: Reality shows in India have finally come of age. After scouting for best performers, actors, singers, dancing divas and 'jodis', the reality show wagonwheel is all set to enter the realm of sports.
Ready to make its debut on the small screen is Cricket Star, a talent hunt show to select India's first cricketing idol.
Produced by Miditech, of Fame Gurukul and Indian Idol fame, the show will have the best of cricketing talent in the country vie for the title of India's cricketing idol.
As part of the process to select India's cricket star, auditions were held in Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Delhi during which 11 youngsters were selected from each of the cities. Anyone above the age of 15 was eligible to participate in the selections.
The auditions in Delhi, held earlier this week at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, saw about 1,000 youngsters between the age of 15 to 27 vie for a place among the 11 lucky ones to be selected from the Capital.
Among those who judged the participants at the auditions was former cricketer Robin Singh.
The 44 cricketers selected at the auditions will be filtered down to 22 who will be put through an intensive training camp in Mumbai after which they will compete for the title of 'Cricket Star'.
(With agency inputs)
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