MEET OUR COACHES / FACULTY

RAJDEEP KALSI (NCA Level III)

He broke upon the Indian cricket scene with a bang by scoring 17 centuries at the Junior State and Zonal levels. Later, he represented India U-19 against Australia in Australia and energed the 'best batsman' of the series. He also played against Arjuna Ranatunga's touring team in the Irani Trophy in 1994 and represented 'Board President's XI' against Imran Khan's touring Pakistan team in 1989.

Then hailed as a certainty in 'team INDIA', sadly, could not find his place in the sun, because of lack of a quality coach. Since retiring from professional cricket, he has taken up the task of helping young cricketers achieve their true potential. And help them he did!. During his 5 year tenure as a Chief Coach of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, he took the Himachal Ranji Team from being the under-dogs to the championship winners in 2006. He was also the specialist batting coach at the NCA Annual Zonal Camp in the year 2007.

He has been bestowed with the Maharaja Ranjit Singhji Award, the highest state sports felicitation award of the Government of Punjab.


V. VENKATRAM (NCA Level III)

A top quality player who represented Bihar for 18 long years in the Ranji Trophy and East Zone for 7 years in the Duleep Trophy. He coached Jharkhand / Tripura Ranji Teams for 5 years. He was also the Chief Coach for the central and north zone, at the NCA Zonal Camp. Currently, he is also a faculty member at National Cricket Academy, Bangalore (NCA) and conducts courses for Level I coaches.

It would not be out of place to mention here, that the Indian captain M.S. Dhoni has also honed his cricketing skills under his aegis. View profile.....


SARKAR TALWAR

One of those rare players who posses the right mix of cricketing skills required to succeed in international cricket, but unfortunately remained un-recognised. Amongst the cricket fraternity, he needs no introduction; a very respectable name in the league of Indian spinners.

We are all aware of his unmatched performance in the domestic circuit - he remains the second highest wicket taker in the Indian First class cricket. He coached the Haryana Ranji Team for 9 years and was the India Under-19 Team's coach – yes! the one that went on to win the world cup in 1996. He again coached the U-19 Team in 2002. He is a faculty with the NCA, and was the spinner's specialist coach at the Annual Zonal Camps in 2007. View profile.....


DEEP DASGUPTA (NCA Level II)

Former international player, he represented India in Test and One-day matches, besides playing more than 125 first class matches. A wonderful wicket-keeper batsman who will impart his rich experience in a systematic manner to the budding cricketers. View profile.....

RAVINDRA NEGI

Ravindra Singh Negi has a Diploma in Coaching from NSNIS, besides having an M.P. Ed from Lucknow University. He has represented his University team; and also served as the Dehradun District Coach and has been associated with ACA for the last five years. He specialises in coaching fast bowlers. View profile.....

ANSHU JAIN

Anshu has represented Rajasthan in the Ranji trophy and has a rich experience of more than 60 first-class matches. He is a right handed batsman and a right-arm medium pacer. His analytical skills will be of tremendous use in the overall training plans of the students. View profile.....

PARITOSH VAID

Paritosh is a fitness trainer and wicket-keeping coach. He has been associated with ACA for the past one year. He has done his M.Phil in training methodology. His study on comparison of physical fitness temporarily migrated from high altitude, with the students from low altitude’ was published in National Journal. View profile.....


ROHIT P. SRIVASTAVA

Rohit is a right-handed opening batsman and a right-arm off-spinner and is an active member of the Uttar Pradesh Ranji team for the past 7 years. He has captained UP in Limited Over Cricket. He has played alongside current players like Piyush Chawla, Mohammed Kaif, Suresh Raina, Praveen Kumar, Ravikant Shukla etc. His experience as an opening bat and his association with players of repute will go a long way in benefiting the youngsters. View profile.....

RAJEEV NAIR

Rajeev is an expert in imparting ‘mind-training programmes’ , an imperative in modern day cricket. He has rendered such programs on a regular basis throughout the country, special reference is here made to Tripura, Punjab and Jharkhand cricket teams. He has also conducted stress management classes for corporates like Tata Steel etc. View profile.....

NIRMALYA SENGUPTA

He has been associated as a visiting faculty with ACA since 2004, and specialises in kids coaching, which is a difficult art. His trainees represent various clubs in the Kolkata league and many of them have represented junior state teams in U-15 and U-17 categories. View profile.....

 
ANUP DAS


A former Bengal and Tripura ranji player, whose first class cricket spans over a decade. He for his accuracy and bite of the wicket, was nick named as ‘Nippy-da’ in the cricketing circle He has been a visiting faculty at ACA for the last two years. He has also coached at Videocon School of Cricket (a Saurav Ganguly venture) and is presently also working as a faculty member in Bournvita Cricket Academy (an Arun Lal venture) View profile.....