SC effect: BCCI to develop cricket in the North East

Call it coincidence, or the impact of the recommendations of the Committee Lodha finally the neglected northeastern region of the country is some concrete action in relation to the development seen by the Board of Control for Cricket in India initiated (BCCI).

According to an official who visits a recently held meeting of the National Cricket Academy in the capital, the Management Board is planning to launch an academy, under the auspices of the NCA, by as early as next month in either Shillong or Dimapur.

The launch of this academy is by selecting precede trials in North East, followed by a stock for which the trainer will be provided, the Executive Board is available on the NCA, is also considering the idea of ​​a combined team from the Northeast to play (without players Assam and Tripura, the play already in all BCCI-affiliated tournaments) in his junior-level competitions in the upcoming season.

"We plan to keep the selection trials in the first week of May, and the camp begin soon after. Our curator Ashish Bhow mik (Member of BCCI pitch and grounds committee) is in Shillong today (Thursday) its readiness to see , in holding the camp. he will Dimapur on Friday visit the situation there to judge. After submitting its report on April 30, either could keep these places in the next month the camp, "said a source in the NCA.

The process appears to have been initiated at the behest of the Board secretary Anurag Thakur, the region five six times attended to assess the cricketing talent. With talent in abundance not to be (Cricket is not the number 1 sport in the northeast), the first step toward the development of the game in this part of the country, felt Thakur a combined stock holding for budding cricketers of all NE be included must States.

Confirmation of this movement, Thakur TOI said on Thursday: "Since I was the BCCI secretary, I have in the northeast visited and checked on the ground of reality, and in the last six to seven months, we have discussed various strategies that can work on best in the region there considering the pool of talent and the logistics. It's an ongoing discussion. in the recently held meeting in New Delhi, the members of the NCA looked Committee all options and decided to go with this advanced idea of ​​looking to start in a full-time Academy under the auspices of NCA. "

fall on the question whether the BCCI this step took in line with the recommendations of the Lodha Committee, Thakur said, "In cricket, all bearing or activities around this time of year start Combined with the judicial recommendations Lodha Committee a mere will. Coincidence."

Working out on what would be the next step in this direction, Thakur said, "Everything would be done in a proper, structured way, with short-term and long-term plans to start with, we perform experiments in different centers, to cover talent. to get in the whole region and the best of the lot in the camp. based on the response of this camp we want to start a full-time Nordakademie.

"We plan to make a combined North East team and make them U19 and U16 Nationals this year to play. I personally our cricketing sizes call the camp and academy in NE visit to inspire the cricketers of the region . Talented players exposure are provided in some of our established academies in larger centers are available, "he said.