A ground at the new NCA facility in Bengaluru. Image posed on X by BCCI secretary Jay Shah.
New National Cricket Academy (NCA) to open soon in Bengaluru
The new NCA will feature three world-class playing grounds, 45 practice pitches, indoor cricket pitches and other facilities
BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Saturday (August 3) said that a new National Cricket Academy (NCA) would be inaugurated in Bengaluru soon.
Shah informed that the new NCA in Bengaluru will also feature ‘state of the art training, recovery and sports science facilities’.
"Very excited to announce that the BCCI ’s new National Cricket Academy (NCA) is almost complete and will be opening shortly in Bengaluru,” Shah wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“The new NCA will feature three world-class playing grounds, 45 practice pitches, indoor cricket pitches, Olympic-size swimming pool and state-of-the-art training, recovery and sports science facilities.
He said the initiative will help the country's current and future cricketers develop their skills in the best possible environment.
The current NCA is based in the premises of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium and the BCCI is in the process of starting NCAs in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the North East.
