he 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]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, Ja
