vadodara after long working hours in a stressful job all that the policemen posted in the city have to do is walk into the city police headquarters at pratapnagar they can either try their hand at tennis or play tabletennis and those loving team games can play cricket on the newlylaid lush green cricket ground policemen posted in the city and their families are enjoying quality sporting facilities and that too without paying hefty fees the police hqs now boast of tennis badminton and table tennis courts with synthetic floors and quality environment and everyone right from police constables to joint police commissioners land up at the hqs to destress themselves policemen have always been associated with sports and many in police department have earned laurels in different sporting activities the sporting facilities at our city hqs help the policemen in not only unwinding themselves but also to keep fit said police commissioner satish sharma the newly prepared cricket ground complete with turf wicket is a hit with the policemen and their kids too in fact last year the city police won both 50over and t20 cricket tournament in the dg cup for the first ever time having our own cricket ground helped as we were able to practice better we keep on organising several cricket tournaments and it also helps us improve relations with public said kuldeep sharma police inspector hq while the idea of spending leisure time by playing tennis or tabletennis at hqs is fast catching up the policemen are also eyeing kids of policemen kids of many policemen aspire to join police force or army and if they keep participating in sports they can keep themselves agile and fit sharma added the project was initiated with publicprivate partnership last year the police department is now planning to add a jogging track and a sprawling football ground at the hqs