BCA requests Gujarat govt for land for indoor cricket stadium

Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) president Pranav Amin on Friday said cricket body has requested Gujarat government to allocate land for construction of an indoor stadium. "It is necessary to construct this stadium as it is time to prepare for future. We thought of it after poor performance of Ranji team," Amin told reporters here. "This is to ensure interruptions due to wear are minimized and game can be played throughout year. Given how climate is becoming unpredictable se days with unseasonal rains and extremely high temperatures during summer, it isn't a bad idea to invest in an indoor cricket stadium in Vadodara," he said.

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BCA wants to build indoor stadium

"This indoor stadium project will be in addition to stadium project undertaken at Kotambi on outskirts of city, where infrastructure is being created for hosting national-level matches for which 11 pitches and nine practice pitches are being prepared," Amin added.

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According to BCA president, process of holding four AGMs will be made faster to get entire due amount of Rs 135 crore from BCCI. " BCCI has released a grant of Rs 17 crore to BCA for year 2013-14," Amin said, adding he met BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and discussed several plans for development of cricket. A senior BCA official on condition of anymity told PTI that a written communication for seeking land for indoor academy has been made to concerned authorities. 

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