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The '''National Cricket Academy''' is located in [[Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium]], [[Bengaluru]], Karnataka in India.<ref name="NCAstart">{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/05/02/stories/07020281.htm | title=NCA Inaugurated | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=2 May 2000 | access-date=9 May 2007}}</ref>
{{Infobox organization
| name = National Cricket Academy
| logo = NCA Bengaluru logo.png
| logo_size = 175px
| abbreviation = NCA
| founder = [[Raj Singh Dungarpur]]
| status = foundation
| type = Cricket academy
| focus = Player development
| location_city = [[Bengaluru]]
| location_country = [[India]]
| services = Training, guidance, rehabilitation
| leader_title = Director
| leader_name = [[VVS Laxman]]
| key_people =
| parent_organization = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| footnotes =
| founded_date = {{start date and age|2000}}
}}
The '''National Cricket Academy''' ('''NCA''') is a [[cricket]] facility of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) in [[Bengaluru]], India, for the purpose of developing young cricketers who have been identified as having the potential to represent the [[Indian cricket team]]. It was established in 2000 and is located near the [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]<ref name="NCAstart">{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/05/02/stories/07020281.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125075421/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/05/02/stories/07020281.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 January 2013 | title=NCA Inaugurated | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=2 May 2000 | access-date=9 May 2007}}</ref> The facility is also used for the rehabilitation of injured players.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=CricTracker |date=2021-08-13 |title='Unhappy' NCA tightens rules, fitness clearance mandatory for injured Indian players |url=https://www.crictracker.com/unhappy-nca-tightens-rules-fitness-clearance-mandatory-for-injured-indian-players/ |access-date=2022-10-09
|website=CricTracker |language=en}}</ref>


The NCA was the brainchild of cricket administrator and former BCCI President [[Raj Singh Dungarpur]].<ref name="rsd">{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_his-last-words-donald-george-bradman_1289714 | title=His last words: Donald George Bradman | access-date=11 March 2011 | date=13 September 2009 | work=Daily News and Analysis}}</ref>
Former cricketer [[VVS Laxman]] is the present director of the NCA.


The academy was established in 2000 as a cricket facility of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) for training young cricketers who are identified as having the potential to represent the [[Indian cricket team]]. It is also used for the [[Physical medicine and rehabilitation|rehabilitation]] of injured cricketers.
== Activities ==
The NCA has collaborated with the [[MRF Pace Foundation]] to train [[fast bowlers]] from across the country.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2014-09-02 |title=BCCI signs five-year agreement with MRF Pace Foundation |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/BCCI-signs-five-year-agreement-with-MRF-Pace-Foundation/article20856508.ece |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=BusinessLine |language=en}}</ref>


In 2014, BCCI tied up with both [[Cricket Australia]] and the [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] to get experts in for helping draw the new structure. BCCI decided to make these changes along the lines of the state-of-the-art high-performance centres based in [[Australia]] and [[England]] as part of the revamp of the National Cricket Academy.
The facility also works as a [[Physical medicine and rehabilitation|rehabilitation]] center for injured members of India's cricket team. [[Ravi Shastri]], in comments about frequently injured cricketers, [[sarcastically]] called some players "permanent residents of NCA", which he said was "not a good thing at all".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-12 |title='Some have become permanent residents of NCA': Ravi Shastri blasts players' injury management |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/some-have-become-permanent-residents-of-nca-ravi-shastri-blasts-players-injury-management/articleshow/99439161.cms |access-date=2023-08-01 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> {{As of|2023|July}}, [[Jasprit Bumrah]], [[Prasidh Krishna]], and [[Rishabh Pant]] were admitted to the center.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-31 |title='No pace. Even kids playing him easily': Jasprit Bumrah's post-recovery speed questioned in fresh bowling video - Watch |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/another-irfan-pathan-mohammad-amir-jasprit-bumrahs-speed-effectiveness-questioned-in-fresh-bowling-video-watch-101690797713159.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>


In the new plan the NCA has a tie-up with the [[MRF Pace Foundation]] to train the fast bowlers from across the country.<ref>[https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/BCCI-signs-five-year-agreement-with-MRF-Pace-Foundation/article20856508.ece NCA revamp]</ref>
== History ==
The NCA was the brainchild of cricket administrator and former BCCI President [[Raj Singh Dungarpur]].<ref name="rsd">{{cite news |date=13 September 2009 |title=His last words: Donald George Bradman |work=Daily News and Analysis |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_his-last-words-donald-george-bradman_1289714 |access-date=11 March 2011}}</ref>


Current director of the NCA is the former Indian captain [[Rahul Dravid]].
In 2000, NCA member and adviser [[Sunil Gavaskar]] argued that the NCA team should not have played the visiting Zimbabwe team, saying "I thought it was unfair on the performers who were not given a chance to play first class matches against touring sides".<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=23 December 2000 |title=Raj singh is nothing without his chair: Gavaskar |url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/86917.html |access-date=9 May 2007 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |archive-date=10 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710062400/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/86917.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In response,  NCA chair [[Raj Singh Dungarpur]] said, "Such people should either resign from the committee, or take it on, or fall in line."<ref name=":1" /> Gavaskar resigned as NCA committee member thereon.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-29 |title=Gavaskar at best, a reluctant administrator |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/gavaskar-at-best-a-reluctant-administrator/story-2iZ8nf2Wuy5mTrKhcbpHQP.html |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
 
In 2014, BCCI collaborated with [[Cricket Australia]] (CA) and the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] (ECB) to get expert opinion on the creation of its new structure.
 
On 16{{Nbsp}}February 2022, BCCI president [[Sourav Ganguly]] and secretary [[Jay Shah]] announced the construction of a new NCA facility near the [[Bangalore Airport|Bangalore airport]]. Plans included three [[cricket ground]]s, a gymnasium, 40 practice pitches, a swimming pool and rooms for upcoming players.<ref>{{Cite news |title=BCCI Plans NCA Contracts for Fresh Bowling Talent Both Men and Women |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/bcci-plans-nca-contracts-for-fresh-bowling-talent-both-men-and-women/articleshow/89605892.cms |website=[[The Times of India]]|date=16 February 2022 }}</ref>


==Administration==
==Administration==
 
{|class="wikitable"
:{| border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=1 width=100%
! Season!! Chair!! Director!! Coaches
|- style="background:#0000ff; color:#ffffff;"
|-
! '''Season'''
! Chairman
! Director
! Coaches
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
| 2000<ref name="NCAstart"/>
| 2000<ref name="NCAstart"/>
| [[Raj Singh Dungarpur]]
| [[Raj Singh Dungarpur]]
| Vasu Paranjpe, [[Roger Binny]]
| Vasu Paranjpe, [[Roger Binny]]
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
|
| 2001<ref name="NCA2001">{{cite web | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/95717.html | title=NCA to open five zonal academies | publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] | date=30 April 2001 | access-date=9 May 2007}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sunil Gavaskar]]
| 2001<ref name="NCA2001">{{cite web | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/95717.html | title=NCA to open five zonal academies | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=30 April 2001 | access-date=9 May 2007 | archive-date=19 January 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119225440/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/95717.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[Brijesh Patel]]
| rowspan="5" | [[Sunil Gavaskar]]
| [[Balwinder Sandhu]] (Chief coach),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/03/08/stories/07080287.htm | title=Balwinder Sandhu to be NCA's Head Coach  | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=8 March 2001 | access-date=9 May 2007}}</ref> K Jayantilal, Roger Binny
| rowspan="4" | [[Brijesh Patel]]
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
| [[Balwinder Sandhu]] (Chief coach),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/03/08/stories/07080287.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125070259/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/03/08/stories/07080287.htm | url-status=usurped | archive-date=25 January 2013 | title=Balwinder Sandhu to be NCA's Head Coach  | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=8 March 2001 | access-date=9 May 2007}}</ref> K Jayantilal, Roger Binny
|-
| 2002
| 2002
| Sunil Gavaskar
| Brijesh Patel
| Bittu
| Bittu
|
|-
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
| 2003
| 2003
| Sunil Gavaskar
| [[Chandrakant Pandit]], [[Venkatesh Prasad]], Rajesh Kamath, Vaibhav Daga (''Physio'')<ref name="2004NCA">{{Cite web| access-date = 9 May 2007| work = [[The Hindu]]| title=NCA camp from today | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/07/01/stories/2004070101601800.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711215731/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/07/01/stories/2004070101601800.htm| url-status=usurped| archive-date=11 July 2007}}</ref>
| Brijesh Patel
|-
| [[Chandrakant Pandit]], [[Venkatesh Prasad]], Rajesh Kamath, Vaibhav Daga (''Physio'')<ref name="2004NCA">{{Cite web| access-date = 9 May 2007| work = [[The Hindu]]| title=NCA camp from today | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/07/01/stories/2004070101601800.htm}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
| 2004
| 2004
| Sunil Gavaskar
| Brijesh Patel
|
|
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
|-
| 2005<ref>{{Cite web| access-date = 9 May 2007| work = [[The Hindu]]| title=NCA appointments | url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/05/stories/2005120507541800.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051207033302/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/05/stories/2005120507541800.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 December 2005 |date=5 December 2005}}</ref>
| 2005<ref>{{Cite web| access-date = 9 May 2007| work = [[The Hindu]]| title=NCA appointments | url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/05/stories/2005120507541800.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051207033302/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/05/stories/2005120507541800.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 December 2005 |date=5 December 2005}}</ref>
| Sunil Gavaskar
| rowspan="2" | [[Shivlal Yadav]]
| [[Shivlal Yadav]]
| Dinesh Nanavaty, Venkatesh Prasad, Raghuram Bhat, Sanath Kumar, S. Basu<ref name="2006NCAU15">{{Cite web| access-date = 9 May 2007| work = [[The Hindu]]| title=NCA training season from May 1 | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/04/27/stories/2006042708692200.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012082455/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/04/27/stories/2006042708692200.htm| url-status=usurped| archive-date=12 October 2007}}</ref>
| Dinesh Nanavaty, Venkatesh Prasad, Raghuram Bhat, Sanath Kumar, S. Basu<ref name="2006NCAU15">{{Cite web| access-date = 9 May 2007| work = [[The Hindu]]| title=NCA training season from May 1 | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/04/27/stories/2006042708692200.htm}}</ref>
|-
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
| 2006
| 2006
| [[Kapil Dev]]<ref>{{Cite web| access-date = 14 March 2007| publisher = [[ESPNcricinfo]]| title=2006/08 Selection Committee Announcement| url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/260675.html}}</ref>
| [[Kapil Dev]]<ref>{{Cite web| access-date = 14 March 2007| publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]| title=2006/08 Selection Committee Announcement| url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/260675.html}}</ref>  
| Shivlal Yadav
|
|
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
|-
| 2007
| 2007
| [[Ravi Shastri]]<ref>{{cite news | url = http://content-www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/312889.html | title = Ravi Shastri appointed NCA chairman | publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] | date=28 September 2007
| [[Ravi Shastri]]<ref>{{cite news | url = http://content-www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/312889.html | title = Ravi Shastri appointed NCA chairman | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=28 September 2007 }}</ref>
}}</ref>
|
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
|-
| 2008-2010
| 2008–2010
|  
|  
| [[Dav Whatmore]]
| [[Dav Whatmore]]
|
|
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
|-
| 2010-12
| 2010–2012
| [[Anil Kumble]]<ref>[http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/182314-anil-kumble-quits-national-cricket-academy ndtv]</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[Anil Kumble]]<ref>[http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/182314-anil-kumble-quits-national-cricket-academy ndtv]</ref>
| [[Sandeep Patil]]
| [[Sandeep Patil]]
|
|
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
|-
| 2014-
| 2014–2019
| [[Anil Kumble]]
| [[Brijesh Patel]]<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/743253.html Patel set to be NCA director]</ref>
| [[Brijesh Patel]]<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/743253.html Patel set to be NCA director]</ref>
| [[Dr.Kinjal Suratwala]] (Head, Sports Science & Coach Education), [[Bharat Arun]] (Head, Bowling Unit), [[Dinesh Nanavaty]] (Head, Batting Unit), [[V Venkataram]] (Bowling Coach), [[R Sridhar]] (Fielding Coach), [[Nitin Patel]] (Physiotherapist), [[Ashish Kaushik]] (Physiotherapist), [[PR Sreenivasa Rao]] (Physiotherapist), [[Sudarsan VP]] (Strength and Conditioning Coach), [[Nagendra Prasad]] (Strength and Conditioning Coach), [[Anand Date]] (Strength and Conditioning Coach), [[Satish Chimote]] (Assistant Coach)
| Dr.Kinjal Suratwala (Head, Sports Science & Coach Education), [[Bharat Arun]] (Head, Bowling Unit), [[Dinesh Nanavaty]] (Head, Batting Unit), V Venkataram (bowling coach), [[R Sridhar]] (fielding coach)
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
|-
|2019- till date
| 2019–2021
|
|[[Rahul Dravid]]
|
|-
| 2021
|
| [[VVS Laxman]]<ref>
{{Cite web |last=India Today Web Desk |first=Delhi |date=2021-12-13 |title=VVS Laxman takes over as NCA chief, shares photo from 'first day in office': An exciting new challenge |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/vvs-laxman-national-cricket-academy-chief-shares-photo-bengaluru-rahul-dravid-1887346-2021-12-13 |access-date=2022-10-09 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|
|
|[[Rahul Dravid]]<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Dravid]</ref>
|}
|}


==Indian cricketers from NCA==
==Indian cricketers from NCA==


:{| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 width=100%
=== 2012 ===
|- style="background:#0000ff; color:#cccccc;"
! '''Season'''
! Players
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
| 2012<ref name="NCAstart"/>
| '''International Cricketers''': [[Sridharan Sriram]], [[Shiv Sunder Das]], [[Mohammad Kaif]], [[Gautam Gambhir]], [[Yuvraj Singh]], [[Ramesh Powar]], [[Reetinder Singh Sodhi]], [[Laxmi Ratan Shukla]], [[Ajay Ratra]], [[Murali Karthik]], [[Harbhajan Singh]], [[Sarandeep Singh]], [[Zaheer Khan]], [[Tinu Yohanan]]<br><br>'''Domestic Cricketers''': Nikhil Haldipur, Anshu Jain, Niraj Patel, Mihir Diwakar, Rohit Jelani, Anup Dave, Prashanth Chandra Menon, Salabh Srivastav, Fazal Mohammied, Rakesh Patel <br><br>'''Replacements''':<ref name="playerreplace"/> Manish Sharma, Nikhil Doru and Rakesh Dhruv
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
| 2012
2013


| '''International Cricketers''': Gautam Gambhir,Ajay Ratra, [[L Balaji]], [[Parthiv Patel]], [[Deep Dasgupta]]<br><br>'''Domestic Cricketers''':piyush arya Vinayak Mane, Y Gnaneswara Rao, Ishan Ganda, Kashinath Khadkikar, Gaganinder Singh, Arindam Das, Arjun Yadav, [[Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan]], Raja Ali, Uday Karkera, Salil Yadav, Mulewa Dharmichand, Swapnil Hazare, Maninder Singh, Shalabh Srivastava
* International: [[Sridharan Sriram]], [[Shiv Sunder Das]], [[Mohammad Kaif]], [[Gautam Gambhir]], [[Yuvraj Singh]], [[Ramesh Powar]], [[Reetinder Singh Sodhi]], [[Laxmi Ratan Shukla]], [[Ajay Ratra]], [[Murali Karthik]], [[Harbhajan Singh]], [[Sarandeep Singh]], [[Zaheer Khan]], [[Tinu Yohanan]]<ref name="NCAstart" />
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
* Domestic: Nikhil Haldipur, Anshu Jain, Niraj Patel, Mihir Diwakar, Rohit Jelani, Anup Dave, Prashanth Chandra Menon, Salabh Srivastav, Fazal Mohammied, Rakesh Patel<ref name="NCAstart" />
| 2018
* Replacements: Manish Sharma, Nikhil Doru and Rakesh Dhruv<ref name="playerreplace">{{cite web |date=28 July 2000 |title=Hanumant rules out return of trainees |url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/89959.html |access-date=9 May 2007 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |archive-date=21 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121050957/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/89959.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| '''International Cricketers''': [[Robin Uthappa]], [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]], [[Piyush Chawla]], [[Rohit Sharma]]<br><br>'''Domestic Cricketers''': [[Piyush Arya]], [[Tanmay Srivastava]], [[Salim Pathan]], [[Mahesh Rawat]], [[AG Pradeep]], [[Abhishek Nayar]], [[Gaurav Sharma (cricketer)|Gaurav Sharma]], [[Uday Kaul]], [[Pinal Shah]], [[Shahbaz Nadeem]], Avinash Vaidya, Shailendra Pandore, Ryan Ninan, Gaurav Dhiman,Tushar Alakh, [[Abid Nabi]], Jagrut Mehta, Umesh Karvi, Sayak Ghosh, Prem Prateek, [[Sanskar Joshi]], [[Jalaj Saxena]].
 
|- bgcolor="#ddeeff"
=== 2013 ===
|}
 
* International: Gautam Gambhir, Ajay Ratra, [[L Balaji]], [[Parthiv Patel]], [[Deep Dasgupta]]
* Domestic: Piyush Arya, Vinayak Mane, Y Gnaneswara Rao, Ishan Ganda, Kashinath Khadkikar, Gaganinder Singh, Arindam Das, Arjun Yadav, [[Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan]], Raja Ali, Uday Karkera, Salil Yadav, Mulewa Dharmichand, Swapnil Hazare, Maninder Singh, Shalabh Srivastava
 
=== 2018 ===


==Controversies==
* International: [[Robin Uthappa]], [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]], [[Piyush Chawla]], [[Rohit Sharma]]
* [[Sunil Gavaskar]] was a member of the NCA committee in 2000 and resigned after criticism from NCA Chairperson Raj Singh Dungapur on his comments in a newspaper column that it was not correct for NCA trainees to get a tour match at the cost of local teams.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/86917.html | title=Raj singh is nothing without his chair: Gavaskar | publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] | date=23 December 2000 | access-date=9 May 2007}}</ref>
* Domestic: Piyush Arya, [[Tanmay Srivastava]], Salim Pathan, [[Mahesh Rawat]], [[AG Pradeep]], [[Abhishek Nayar]], Gaurav Sharma, [[Uday Kaul]], [[Pinal Shah]], [[Shahbaz Nadeem]], Avinash Vaidya, Shailendra Pandore, Ryan Ninan, Gaurav Dhiman,Tushar Alakh, [[Abid Nabi]], Jagrut Mehta, Umesh Karvi, Sayak Ghosh, Prem Prateek, Sanskar Joshi, [[Jalaj Saxena]]
* 3 Cricketers in the 2013-14 batch – Yogeshwaran, Murali Kishore and [[Karn Sharma]] were released from the academy citing indiscipline.<ref name="playerreplace">{{cite web | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/89959.html | title=Hanumant rules out return of trainees | publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] | date=28 July 2000 | access-date=9 May 2007}}</ref>


==Border-Gavaskar Scholarship==
==Border-Gavaskar Scholarship ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2022}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://india.highcommission.gov.au/ndli/PA_18_2005.html | title=Australian High Commission in }}</ref>


NCA awards a scholarship to three promising players to visit Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. The scholarship is named after the legendary Australian and Indian captains, [[Allan Border]] and [[Sunil Gavaskar]], who both scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
NCA awards a scholarship to three promising players to visit Australia's Centre of Excellence in [[Brisbane]]. The scholarship is named after the legendary Australian and Indian captains, [[Allan Border]] and [[Sunil Gavaskar]], who both scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket.


===2000===
===2000===
* [[Gautam Gambhir]]
* [[Mohammad Kaif]]
* [[Mohammad Kaif]]
* [[Ankit Kumar]]
* Sridaran Sriram
* Anupam Yadav
* [[Shiv Sunder Das]]


===2001===
===2001===
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===2002===
===2002===


*  Shaurya Prakash Singh
* [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]]  
* [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]]  
* [[Gautam Gambhir]]
* [[Thilak Naidu]]
* [[Thilak Naidu]]


===2003===
===2003===


* [[Raiphi Vincent Gomez]]
* Udit Brijesh Patel
* [[Siddharth Trivedi]]
* [[Siddharth Trivedi]]
*  Sanjay Kokane
* [[Raiphi Gomez]]


===2004===
===2004===
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===2009===
===2009===


* Kiran N S
* Kiran N. S.
* [[K. L. Rahul]]  
* [[K. L. Rahul]] anmol dagar
* [[Mayank Agarwal]]
* [[Mayank Agarwal]]
===2010===
* [[Mandeep Singh]]
* [[Harpreet Singh (cricketer, born 1991)|Harpreet Singh]]
* [[Ankit kumar]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Cricket in India}}
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Latest revision as of 13:16, 28 January 2026


National Cricket Academy
AbbreviationNCA
Founded2000; 26 years ago (2000)
FounderRaj Singh Dungarpur
TypeCricket academy
Legal statusfoundation
FocusPlayer development
Location
ServicesTraining, guidance, rehabilitation
Director
VVS Laxman
Parent organization
BCCI

The National Cricket Academy (NCA) is a cricket facility of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Bengaluru, India, for the purpose of developing young cricketers who have been identified as having the potential to represent the Indian cricket team. It was established in 2000 and is located near the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium[1] The facility is also used for the rehabilitation of injured players.[2]

Former cricketer VVS Laxman is the present director of the NCA.

Activities[edit | edit source]

The NCA has collaborated with the MRF Pace Foundation to train fast bowlers from across the country.[3]

The facility also works as a rehabilitation center for injured members of India's cricket team. Ravi Shastri, in comments about frequently injured cricketers, sarcastically called some players "permanent residents of NCA", which he said was "not a good thing at all".[4] As of July 2023, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, and Rishabh Pant were admitted to the center.[5]

History[edit | edit source]

The NCA was the brainchild of cricket administrator and former BCCI President Raj Singh Dungarpur.[6]

In 2000, NCA member and adviser Sunil Gavaskar argued that the NCA team should not have played the visiting Zimbabwe team, saying "I thought it was unfair on the performers who were not given a chance to play first class matches against touring sides".[7] In response, NCA chair Raj Singh Dungarpur said, "Such people should either resign from the committee, or take it on, or fall in line."[7] Gavaskar resigned as NCA committee member thereon.[7][8]

In 2014, BCCI collaborated with Cricket Australia (CA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to get expert opinion on the creation of its new structure.

On 16 February 2022, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah announced the construction of a new NCA facility near the Bangalore airport. Plans included three cricket grounds, a gymnasium, 40 practice pitches, a swimming pool and rooms for upcoming players.[9]

Administration[edit | edit source]

Season Chair Director Coaches
2000[1] Raj Singh Dungarpur Vasu Paranjpe, Roger Binny
2001[10] Sunil Gavaskar Brijesh Patel Balwinder Sandhu (Chief coach),[11] K Jayantilal, Roger Binny
2002 Bittu
2003 Chandrakant Pandit, Venkatesh Prasad, Rajesh Kamath, Vaibhav Daga (Physio)[12]
2004
2005[13] Shivlal Yadav Dinesh Nanavaty, Venkatesh Prasad, Raghuram Bhat, Sanath Kumar, S. Basu[14]
2006 Kapil Dev[15]
2007 Ravi Shastri[16]
2008–2010 Dav Whatmore
2010–2012 Anil Kumble[17] Sandeep Patil
2014–2019 Brijesh Patel[18] Dr.Kinjal Suratwala (Head, Sports Science & Coach Education), Bharat Arun (Head, Bowling Unit), Dinesh Nanavaty (Head, Batting Unit), V Venkataram (bowling coach), R Sridhar (fielding coach)
2019–2021 Rahul Dravid
2021 VVS Laxman[19]

Indian cricketers from NCA[edit | edit source]

2012[edit | edit source]

2013[edit | edit source]

  • International: Gautam Gambhir, Ajay Ratra, L Balaji, Parthiv Patel, Deep Dasgupta
  • Domestic: Piyush Arya, Vinayak Mane, Y Gnaneswara Rao, Ishan Ganda, Kashinath Khadkikar, Gaganinder Singh, Arindam Das, Arjun Yadav, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Raja Ali, Uday Karkera, Salil Yadav, Mulewa Dharmichand, Swapnil Hazare, Maninder Singh, Shalabh Srivastava

2018[edit | edit source]

Border-Gavaskar Scholarship[edit | edit source]

Source:[21]

NCA awards a scholarship to three promising players to visit Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. The scholarship is named after the legendary Australian and Indian captains, Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar, who both scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket.

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2001[edit | edit source]

2002[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "NCA Inaugurated". The Hindu. 2 May 2000. Retrieved 9 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ Staff, CricTracker (13 August 2021). "'Unhappy' NCA tightens rules, fitness clearance mandatory for injured Indian players". CricTracker. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "BCCI signs five-year agreement with MRF Pace Foundation". BusinessLine. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "'Some have become permanent residents of NCA': Ravi Shastri blasts players' injury management". The Times of India. 12 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "'No pace. Even kids playing him easily': Jasprit Bumrah's post-recovery speed questioned in fresh bowling video - Watch". Hindustan Times. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "His last words: Donald George Bradman". Daily News and Analysis. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Raj singh is nothing without his chair: Gavaskar". ESPNcricinfo. 23 December 2000. Retrieved 9 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ↑ "Gavaskar at best, a reluctant administrator". Hindustan Times. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "BCCI Plans NCA Contracts for Fresh Bowling Talent Both Men and Women". The Times of India. 16 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "NCA to open five zonal academies". ESPNcricinfo. 30 April 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ↑ "Balwinder Sandhu to be NCA's Head Coach". The Hindu. 8 March 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ↑ "NCA camp from today". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2007.
  13. ↑ "NCA appointments". The Hindu. 5 December 2005. Archived from the original on 7 December 2005. Retrieved 9 May 2007.
  14. ↑ "NCA training season from May 1". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2007.
  15. ↑ "2006/08 Selection Committee Announcement". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  16. ↑ "Ravi Shastri appointed NCA chairman". ESPNcricinfo. 28 September 2007.
  17. ↑ ndtv
  18. ↑ Patel set to be NCA director
  19. ↑ India Today Web Desk, Delhi (13 December 2021). "VVS Laxman takes over as NCA chief, shares photo from 'first day in office': An exciting new challenge". India Today. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  20. ↑ "Hanumant rules out return of trainees". ESPNcricinfo. 28 July 2000. Retrieved 9 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  21. ↑ "Australian High Commission in".
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