The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly had a meeting with National Cricket Academy’s (NCA) chief Rahul Dravid, who also happens to be his friend at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Wednesday. They discussed crucial situations to give a new shape to the NCA infrastructure in Bangalore.
The two former Indian skippers decided a road map to take the NCA to a whole new level. Ganguly, along with NCA officials, also visited the proposed land for building a new NCA facility in Bangalore. The cricket governing body has got an additional 15 acres of land from the Karnataka government for setting up the Centre of Excellence near the international airport here.
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BCCI had completed the 25-acre deal with the state government in May. The total area of the facility has now extended to 40 acres. Currently, the NCA is situated adjacent to the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and has been criticized for becoming just a ‘rehabilitation center’. In the last couple of years or so, the BCCI has been planning to set up a new NCA with state-of-the-art facilities.
The land allocated for the NCA is a stone’s throw away from the Kempegowda International Airport in Devanahalli. It will be sufficient to create three grounds, apart from indoor nets, administrative buildings, and the hostels. The land allotted is said to be on a 99-year lease.
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Ganguly visited Bengaluru to Dravid at the Chinnaswamy stadium and he posted a picture from the Ban galore Airport with the caption: “At the check in airport of bangalore .. love of people makes u feel so grateful”.
At the check in airport of bangalore .. love of people makes u feel so grateful pic.twitter.com/FDP2fwzg6W
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) October 30, 2019
Fans poured in heartwarming messages for the 47-year-old former India captain on Twitter. Here are some of the tweets:
Dada, you have no idea how much crazy fan following you have in Bangalore! 🙂 ♥️
— Arvind Kumar (@arvind_kumar_a) October 30, 2019
Dada keep working for indian cricket and show everyone how to work and finish your responsibility when you hold a certain position. We all love you and are with you ♥️
— Shubham Shrivastava (@Walkingmiless) October 30, 2019
Wow looks like a press conference at the Checkin counter 🙂
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) October 30, 2019
Dada after meeting Rahul Dravid in Bangalore. Expect the unexpected 💥 Thalaivaa @SGanguly99 😍
— Jegan (@IamJegan) October 30, 2019
whole of India loves you dada… you fully deserve it 😊
— Kartikey Tomer (@kartikey_tomer) October 30, 2019
