Since the NCA’s establishment in 2000, it has been running from the premises of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in the heart of Bengaluru. The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), which owns the stadium, has rented out to the BCCI its Ground B for outdoor practice, besides an indoor practice facility, and separate space for a modern gymnasium.
Niranjan Shah, former NCA chairman and BCCI secretary, is happy that finally the work is about to start on the project.
“The BCCI deserves to have a world-class NCA. When I was chairman, we gave a proposal for building the new NCA campus to fulfil some formalities, but this project is different and bigger,” Shah told IANS.
On Sunday, the BCCI said it is inviting bids for the turnkey design build construction services for the new NCA campus through a tender process.
In the first phase of construction, divided into five zones and the “common facilities” that spill into the second phase, one main ground, including ancillary facilities,…