BCCI lays foundation stone for new NCA in Bengaluru

Over the years, the National Cricket Academy (NCA) has played a huge role in nurturing and promoting the cricketing talents of India which has now ensured that there is a cut-throat competition for everyone who wishes to make it to the playing XI of the Indian team. NCA is also responsible for developing the bench strength and it was very much evident when India had registered a historic Test series win in Australia last year and then had two different squads- full-strength in England for Test series and B team for the white-ball series against Sri Lanka in July.

Now, it has been learned that work is in progress on India’s new National Cricket Academy with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) authorities president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah laying the foundation stone of the complex on Monday.

Apart from Ganguly and Shah, the national cricket board’s vice-president Rajeev Shukla, treasurer Arun Dhumal, joint secretary Jayesh George and the current NCA head VVS Laxman were also present for the occasion. The NCA which was established in the year 2000 has been functioning from the premises of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly posts images of NCA’s new foundation stone

Taking to the micro-blogging site, the former Indian skipper posted a few images of the newly proposed stadium as well as the foundation stone. He captioned it as ‘The new National cricket Academy’ and also tagged the BCCI.

The new National cricket Academy @bcci pic.twitter.com/fVWMOxev5g

— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) February 14, 2022

As per reports, the BCCI has secured the land on a 99-year lease. The stadium is owned by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and the cricket association has rented it out to the national cricket board it’s Ground B for outdoor practice.

The stadium also consists of an indoor practice facility as well as a modern gymnasium for which there is a separate space. It is expected to be completed in a year’s time and more importantly, will have three grounds where domestic matches can be organized. The facility would certainly go a long way in taking Indian cricket forward in the years to come.