Vijayawada: Newly elected cricket body vows to boost game
The newly elected members of Krishna District Cricket Association
Vijayawada: The Krishna District Cricket Association, as per the Lodha Committee norms, elected its new office-bearers for a term of three years (2020-2023) with I Srinivas, a former Ranji and Duleep Trophy cricketers as its president and senior administrator M Ravindra Chowdhury as it secretary.
The other office-bearers of the KDCA are G N Srinivasa Rao as treasurer, A Sridhar as joint secretary, P Baji Sharif Khan as vice president and D Praveen as councillor.
Speaking to the media on Monday, the newly elected president I Srinivas said that the new body would strive hard for the development of the game in the district and on a priority basis the identification of new grounds would be taken up. "We need more grounds to keep the activity going. We will be approaching schools and colleges to identify the grounds". He said that the picturesque Mulapadu grounds will be a hub of the district cricketing activities. "Andhra Cricket Association has allotted one ground to KDCA at Mulapadu which we will use for regular matches".
He said that more sub-centres would be formed in the district to make it popular and attract the youth towards the game. " We will reduce the burden of activity in Vijayawada by nurturing sub-centres in places like Gudivada, Nuzvid, Machilipatnam, Jaggayapet, Nandigama, Vuyyuru and others towns and semi urban areas.
Newly elected secretary A Ravindra Chowdhury said the association would conduct summer camps regularly, Division A and B leagues along with School leagues to keep the momentum going. "Soon we will prepare a plan of action for women's cricket as well. As the girls are not getting enough opportunities to play matches, we are planning to give direct entry to the women's team in the B Division League".
He said along with players, support and technical staff such as coaches, umpires, scorers and video analysts will be taken care of in achieving plum assignments in the state and national level.
"We will also strive for transparency in the selection to the district teams and organise regular net practice sessions for the benefit of the players and also coaches". Srinivas said that the KDCA with the help of ACA will develop infrastructure in the district for the development of the game in the next three years.