National Cricket Academy

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National Cricket Academy
AbbreviationNCA
Founded2000;24 years ago (2000)
Founder Raj Singh Dungarpur
TypeCricket academy
Legal statusfoundation
FocusPlayer development
Location
ServicesTraining, guidance, rehabilitation
Director
 VVS Laxman
Parent organization
 BCCI

The National Cricket Academy (NCA) is a cricket facility of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Bengaluru, India, for the purpose of developing young cricketers who have been identified as having the potential to represent the Indian cricket team. It was established in 2000 and is located near the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium [1] The facility is also used for the rehabilitation of injured players. [2]

Contents

Former cricketer VVS Laxman is the present director of the NCA.

Activities

The NCA has collaborated with the MRF Pace Foundation to train fast bowlers from across the country. [3]

The facility also works as a rehabilitation center for injured members of India's cricket team. Ravi Shastri, in comments about frequently injured cricketers, sarcastically called some players "permanent residents of NCA", which he said was "not a good thing at all". [4] As of July 2023, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, and Rishabh Pant were admitted to the center. [5]

History

The NCA was the brainchild of cricket administrator and former BCCI President Raj Singh Dungarpur. [6]

In 2000, NCA member and adviser Sunil Gavaskar argued that the NCA team should not have played the visiting Zimbabwe team, saying "I thought it was unfair on the performers who were not given a chance to play first class matches against touring sides". [7] In response, NCA chair Raj Singh Dungarpur said, "Such people should either resign from the committee, or take it on, or fall in line." [7] Gavaskar resigned as NCA committee member thereon. [7] [8]

In 2014, BCCI collaborated with Cricket Australia (CA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to get expert opinion on the creation of its new structure.

On 16 February 2022, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah announced the construction of a new NCA facility near the Bangalore airport. Plans included three cricket grounds, a gymnasium, 40 practice pitches, a swimming pool and rooms for upcoming players. [9]

Administration

SeasonChairDirectorCoaches
2000 [1] Raj Singh Dungarpur Vasu Paranjpe, Roger Binny
2001 [10] Sunil Gavaskar Brijesh Patel Balwinder Sandhu (Chief coach), [11] K Jayantilal, Roger Binny
2002Bittu
2003 Chandrakant Pandit, Venkatesh Prasad, Rajesh Kamath, Vaibhav Daga (Physio) [12]
2004
2005 [13] Shivlal Yadav Dinesh Nanavaty, Venkatesh Prasad, Raghuram Bhat, Sanath Kumar, S. Basu [14]
2006 Kapil Dev [15]
2007 Ravi Shastri [16]
2008–2010 Dav Whatmore
2010–2012 Anil Kumble [17] Sandeep Patil
2014–2019 Brijesh Patel [18] Dr.Kinjal Suratwala (Head, Sports Science & Coach Education), Bharat Arun (Head, Bowling Unit), Dinesh Nanavaty (Head, Batting Unit), V Venkataram (bowling coach), R Sridhar (fielding coach)
2019–2021 Rahul Dravid
2021 VVS Laxman [19]

Indian cricketers from NCA

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Border-Gavaskar Scholarship [21]

NCA awards a scholarship to three promising players to visit Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. The scholarship is named after the legendary Australian and Indian captains, Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar, who both scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket.

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