BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah on Monday (February 14) laid the foundation stone for the new National Cricket Academy (NCA) office in Bangalore.

Apart from Ganguly and Shah, National Cricket Academy Chief VVS Laxman and BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal, and IPL governing council member Pragyan Ojha were also present during the event.

Taking to Twitter, Ganguly shared pictures from the event and wrote: “The new National cricket Academy starts from today ..laid the foundation stone of the new place today in bengaluru @bcci.”

In a separate tweet, the BCCI chief also uploaded photos with the caption: “The new National cricket Academy @bcci.”

On the other hand, Jay Shah tweeted: “Laid the foundation stone for @BCCI’s new NCA. It is our collective vision to have a Centre of Excellence which nurtures talent and supports the cricket ecosystem in India. Jai Hind! @SGanguly99 @ThakurArunS @ShuklaRajiv @VVSLaxman281.”

In December last year, India batting legend VVS Laxman took charge as the head of the National Cricket Academy after Rahul Dravid left the position to serve the senior Indian team as head coach.