Icons Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid hold official meet; Details here

two former Indian Cricketers, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, met on Wednesday at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore and held discussions to give a new shape to NCA infrastructure in Bangalore. Rahul Dravid, chief of National Cricket Academy (NCA) reviewed a road map to take academy to a new level with BCCI President Sourav Ganguly.

Dravid and Ganguly go back a long way, even before y made ir Test debuts toger, at Lord’s in 1996, exploding at international st. y played -group cricket in India toger and traveled as part of Indian youth teams in late 1980s

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Ganguly and Dravid visit proposed property

Ganguly, along with NCA officials, also visited proposed land for building a new NCA facility in Bangalore. cricket governing body has got an additional 15 acres of land from Karnataka government for setting up Centre of Excellence near international airport here. BCCI had completed 25-acre deal with state government in May. total area of facility is w 40 acres.  BCCI has been planning to find an alternate location to build NCA with state-of--art facilities for a couple of years w. land allocated for NCA is a stone's throw away from Kempegowda International Airport in Devanahalli. It should be adequate for three grounds, apart from indoor nets, administrative buildings, and hostels. land allotted is said to be on a 99-year lease.

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Dravid and Ganguly's journey

Ganguly and Dravid have been an integral part of Indian Cricket Team that performed wonderfully through 2000s. Ganguly became one of team’s key middle-order batsmen and more importantly, a trailblasing leader, while Dravid, also a captain with a strong record, finished his career as one of greatest run-scorers in game. duo as played toger for a long time and have shared many off-field memories.

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(With inputs from ANI)