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The Board of Control for Cricket in India's joint secretary Amitabh Choudhary has made it clear that the National Cricket Academy (NCA) will be shifted out of the city if the state government fails to provide land for its expansion by June 30. Issuing a fresh deadline to the Congress-led government, Choudhary, who is also the convenor of the NCA board, said the BCCI has been made to wait for years despite repeated requests.
"The BCCI has already been etched to the maximum and stretched to the maximum and the NCA members felt they have to look at other options instead of waiting further," Choudhary told TOI after the NCA board meeting in New Delhi on Monday. Earlier, in August 2015, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur too had said the board was contemplating shifting the academy due the delay.
Said Choudhary: "We are keen to have a full-fledged centre in Bengaluru. But the problem is, for the last 6 years we have been knocking on the doors of the government, asking them to provide land. We have already paid the money six years ago but we don't have the land yet. India is a vast country and it shouldn't be an issue to find suitable land for NCA in other states."
The Chinnaswamy stadium has been the home to NCA since it was established in 2000. During his last visit to the city in March, Choudhary had inspected two plots of land near the Kempegowda International Airport. But the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), the body in charge of infrastructure land acquisition, is yet to call BCCI for further discussions.
In 2010, BCCI purchased 49 acres of land from KIADB for Rs 50 crore. But following a series of public interest litigations against its purchase, the High Court of Kar nataka termed it illegal in 2013. The NCA meeting on Monday, chaired by Niranjan Shah, also discussed other issues such as recruitment of coaches, physios and the revival of the talent resource development wing.
It is also learnt that the board is considering hiring a reputed trainer to conduct Level 1 coaching programme. BCCI selection committee chiefs Sandeep Patil (senior team) and Venkatesh Prasad (juniors) also attended the meeting.
"The BCCI has already been etched to the maximum and stretched to the maximum and the NCA members felt they have to look at other options instead of waiting further," Choudhary told TOI after the NCA board meeting in New Delhi on Monday. Earlier, in August 2015, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur too had said the board was contemplating shifting the academy due the delay.
Said Choudhary: "We are keen to have a full-fledged centre in Bengaluru. But the problem is, for the last 6 years we have been knocking on the doors of the government, asking them to provide land. We have already paid the money six years ago but we don't have the land yet. India is a vast country and it shouldn't be an issue to find suitable land for NCA in other states."
The Chinnaswamy stadium has been the home to NCA since it was established in 2000. During his last visit to the city in March, Choudhary had inspected two plots of land near the Kempegowda International Airport. But the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), the body in charge of infrastructure land acquisition, is yet to call BCCI for further discussions.
In 2010, BCCI purchased 49 acres of land from KIADB for Rs 50 crore. But following a series of public interest litigations against its purchase, the High Court of Kar nataka termed it illegal in 2013. The NCA meeting on Monday, chaired by Niranjan Shah, also discussed other issues such as recruitment of coaches, physios and the revival of the talent resource development wing.
It is also learnt that the board is considering hiring a reputed trainer to conduct Level 1 coaching programme. BCCI selection committee chiefs Sandeep Patil (senior team) and Venkatesh Prasad (juniors) also attended the meeting.
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