About
Who we run the league and the pathway with — and, just as importantly, what each side is responsible for.
The partnership
High Performance International Pathway (HPIP)
The Karnataka Institute of Cricket in Bengaluru hosts and coaches the camps at the heart of the High Performance International Pathway (HPIP). KIOC is a separate organisation with its own name, marks and curriculum — this is a partnership, not a franchise, and nothing on this site should be read as VECL speaking for them.
Confirmed KIOC's mark is used with their written permission.
Our partner in Bengaluru
The Karnataka Institute of Cricket marked its silver jubilee in 2021 and has been coaching in Bengaluru for close to three decades. In Karnataka, the name does the introduction.
Players coached at KIOC include Robin Uthappa, Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey and Devdutt Padikkal, and the academy’s own profile records international cricketers for India, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries. Our players train under that same coaching staff, on their surfaces, against opposition KIOC arranges.
We name them because they say something about the academy our players are going to. They do not say anything about where any individual player will end up, and we would be wary of anyone who suggested otherwise.
The academy is built for volume rather than for a handful of players: twenty covered nets across four different surfaces, bowling machines, floodlights, a gym, an in-house physiotherapist, and video and speed analysis. It is the reason an eight-day camp can be a working week rather than a visit. Our squad stays in quality 3–4 star hotel accommodation in Bengaluru.
20 covered nets
Turf, artificial turf and matting
6 bowling machines
Plus floodlights for evening sessions
S&C and physiotherapy
Strength and conditioning, with an in-house physiotherapist
Video and speed analysis
Session footage and speed measurement on site
3–4 star hotel stay
The squad stays in a quality hotel; the programme cost varies with the accommodation
Division of work
Andrew Walton has worked with Irfan Sait and the KIOC coaching staff since 2013. Each side runs its own end of the programme.
VECL brings
KIOC brings
Also part of the picture
India
VECL’s Chennai operation is run by a separate Indian entity under its own ownership. The two leagues share a brand and a pathway; they are not the same company, and this site does not speak for that one.
Operator
The league is run by Elite Cricket Group, which also operates the Elite Cricket Academy centres, Elite Sport retail, and the booking and player-development platform the league runs on.
Sponsorship
We name a sponsor on this page once there is a signed agreement, and not before — which is also the answer to why you will not find a logo wall here yet.
