ONGC Board of
Directors played Day &
Night cricket match
against IAS officers of
Uttarakhand.
The star of ONGC team
Virendra Sehwag played
at our ground. He took 4
wickets in a rain
abundant match. He liked
the ground very much and
will be back in ONGC
team along with Gautam
Gambhir in the Petroleum
Sports Board Cricket
Tournament proposed to
be played at ACA.
Satyender Singh an Ex
Ranji Trophy and Duleep
Trophy Player has joined
ACA as chief coach.
He takes place of
Rajdeep Kalsi, who will
now be a visiting
faculty to ACA. He has
again been reappointed as
the coach of Himachal
Pradesh Ranji Team. It
will be pertinent to
point out here that Mr.
Satyender Singh was the
chief coach of the
junior team of Videocon
School of Cricket.
The absence of Mr.
Rajdeep Kalsi will be
felt at the Academy, but
he will be visiting the
academy regularly during
the season.
5 boys from ACA went
on England Tour jointly
with Turf Sports
Management
E. Abhimanyu - Best
Batsman
Sahil Tyagi - Best
Wicket keeper
Rajat Arora
Chahat Arora
Rajat Sharma
Our Team won the tour.
Seven Matches were
scheduled, 2 matches
were washed out. Our
team won 3 matches and
lost 2 matches inspite
of intermediate rains.
The out fields were wet
during the matches.
The Cricket summer
camp was successfully
completed at ACA
46 boys attended the
camp. The camp was
headed Mr.Sarkar Talwar
and other coaches who
imparted training during
the camp included
Mr.Rajdeep Kalsi,
Mr.Anup Das. Besides
regular coaches,
Mr.Paritosh Vaid and
Mr.Ravindra Negi were
among the other coaches.
Our Director Mr. Roger
Binni also imparted
training on the last two
days of the camp. His
presence was the big
boost to youngsters. He
also shared his world
cup experiences with the
boys.
For the second year in a
row, boys from our
academy has produced
best sub junior
cricketer for the state
of West Bengal. This
year E. Abhimanyu has
been declared best sub
junior cricketer for the
year 2007-08.
In the year 2006-07, it
was Abhishek Rana who
was declared the best
sub junior cricketer of
the year.
Infrastructure
Development
New Gymnasium is coming
up at ACA. It will be
ready by the end of
July. The Gymnasium has
a state of art
equipments from Cybex,
Standard etc. The
Gymnasium's flooring is
rubberized and
terracotta and black
colour which adds lots
of grace to the
Gymnasium.
The Gymnasium has two
LCD TVs along with a
music system by BOSS.
The T.T. Room is also in
progress and the wooden
flooring is also being
done which will be
completed by the end of
July.
A new dormitory has also
been created which is
having 16 Beds
A Billiard room and
Conference Hall cum
Library is also being
created and will be
completed by the end of
August 2008.
The pitch is also being
re grassed by our grounds
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