BCCI buys NCA land for Rs 46 cr
NEW DELHI: The National Cricket Academy (NCA), the supply line of Indian cricket, will soon have a new address. The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has already bought 32 acres of land for the NCA from the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board. The board has paid Rs 46 crore for acquiring the land.
According to BCCI, this new complex will be built in the Kadgurki and Yemrahallo villages of Devanahalli Taluk. This is near the new Bangalore airport. Earlier, 32 acres of land was allotted to the BCCI in Bidadi Industrial Area, Ramanagara Taluk, but the board was keen on a land new the airport.
NCA currently functions out of the Chinnaswamy stadium complex. "It's helpful for those cricketers who come here for training and rehabilitation programmes. The new complex will be exciting for the young cricketers," an NCA official told TOI on Monday
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