Bengaluru: In a significant development for Indian cricket, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah announced on Saturday that the new National Cricket Academy (NCA) will be launched shortly in Bengaluru.

Expressing his excitement on X, Shah shared that the new NCA boasts an impressive array of infrastructure and facilities, including an Olympic-size swimming pool. “The new NCA will feature three world-class playing grounds, 45 practice pitches, indoor cricket pitches, Olympic-size swimming pool, and state-of-the-art training, recovery, and sports science facilities,” he wrote.

Shah added that this initiative will help India’s current and future cricketers develop their skills in the best possible environment.

The NCA has played a pivotal role in nurturing countless cricketers nationwide. It stands as the foremost facility for national players recovering from injuries, providing them with a space for rehabilitation and practice games to help them regain their form.

The exisitng NCA is located within the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium premises in Bengaluru. Additionally, the BCCI is in the process of establishing NCAs in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the North East.

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Nagpur (PTI): A student was killed and several students and teachers were injured as the bus carrying them to a picnic spot overturned near here on Tuesday morning, police said.

The accident took place when students and teachers of Saraswati High School in Shankar Nagar area here were heading for a picnic spot in neighbouring Wardha district in five buses.

One of the buses, with some 50 persons on board, overturned near Deoli Pendhari village on Hingani Road in a hilly section on the outskirts of the city, said an official of Hingna police station.

The deceased boy was a Class 7 student, he said, without disclosing the name. A girl and a teacher sustained severe injuries and were rushed to the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, while others were taken to a nearby rural hospital.

Investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident, police said.