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Anurag Thakur announces formation of a combined team from North East to take part in BCCI tournaments

| | Jun 01, 2016, at 11:42 pm
Mumbai, June 1 (IBNS) BCCI President Anurag Thakur visited Nagaland and Meghalaya and met with officials, coaches and trainees at Dimapur and Shillong where the U-16 and under 19 BCCI-NCA camps are underway.

Thakur was accompanied by New Area Development Programme Chairman Avishek Dalmiya and other BCCI officials.

To boost cricket activities in the North East and identify and nurture young talent, the BCCI through its coaching wing, the National Cricket Academy, is conducting camps in Dimapur and Shillong where former national and international cricketers, NCA affiliated coaches, physios, trainers and video analysts are training the shortlisted boys from Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Nagaland, read a BCCI statement.

Thakur assured support of the BCCI for cricket development in the North East and announced several steps that will help raise the profile of the sport in the region.

Thakur said the BCCI will help in setting up a cricket ground and indoor cricket facility in all North East states. The BCCI will also provide ground and gym equipment.

To ensure that youngsters from the region get an opportunity to prove their mettle,Thakur said a combined North East team team would be selected by the National Selectors.

The team from the North East will take part in all national-level tournaments conducted by the BCCI across all age groups. A tournament of the Associate and Affiliated members will be held in the next two months to select a 15-member team that will participate at the national level.

BCCI President, Anurag Thakur, said: “The BCCI is committed to handhold North Eastern states and bring them to the mainstream. I am extremely happy with the two camps organized by the BCCI at Shillong and Dimapur. We have exciting talent coming through and the BCCI will give them a platform to excel. We have taken steps that will lay a solid foundation for cricket development in the North East."

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