Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has decided to launch a cricket academy in his home town, Ranchi.

Dhoni has approached Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) for the establishment of a cricket academy to bring up young talent and potential players from Jharkhand and Bihar.

The central coalfields congratulated Dhoni for his contribution to the state team and the Indian cricket team.

While speaking on the occasion, MSD stated that the central coalfields were making efforts to create a formula to help in promoting sports in Jharkhand.

He added that his novel project would offer up a platform for budding players to groom themselves for India's biggest domestic cricket tournament, the Ranji Trophy.

"We are planning to start a cricket team again here. And we are hoping that the youngsters get facilities to practice for four-five to upto seven months so that they can groom themselves well for the Ranji Trophy level, and be a permanent part of the team.

And if they perform well in the domestic tournament they will rise to a much higher level," he added. (With Inputs from Agencies)