BCCI to restructure NCA

He said the Board had also decided to set up a cricket museum, an administrative complex and an academy near Maharani Bagh in New Delhi and had earmarked Rs. 17 crore for the project.

The Board president said the Karnataka State Cricket Association had already purchased 30 acres of land from state government and the Board would purchase 12 acres of that land from KSCA for setting up the ‘new look’ NCA.

Besides scientific training techniques, encouragement of athletic skills, performance and mental skills, the focus would also be on developing all-round ability of the players and to encourage them to pursue educational programmes side by side with cricket, Dalmiya said.

He said a high profile cricket committee under the chairmanship of Gavaskar was being put in place which would consist of players, technical persons and administrators. “This would act as a think tank to run the affairs of NCA”.

In view of the importance of the project, C K Khanna was shifted from the post of one of the vice-presidents of the Board to the vice-chairman of NCA, Dalmiya said.

Dalmiya said the decision was taken in the light of deliberations at the just-concluded annual general meeting in which members emphasised the importance of physitcal fitness of the Indian cricketers.

He also said that Board’s decision to appoint foreign coach and physio had already shown results as in recent times there has been less fitness problems with the Indian team.