Cricket Association of Pondicherry
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| Sport | Cricket |
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| Membership | Pondicherry State Sports Council[1] |
| Abbreviation | CAP |
| Founded | 2003[1] |
| Affiliation | BCCI[1] |
| Headquarters | Puducherry |
| Location | Puducherry |
| President | G.M. Arunkumar[2] |
| Vice president(s) | S.Vijayan[3] |
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Cricket Association of Puducherry (CAP) is the governing body for cricket in Puducherry, formerly known as Pondicherry. Puducherry is a Union Territory in India and for the proposed Puducherry cricket team. On 27 October 2017, Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) granted Associate Membership to the Cricket Association of Puducherry (CAP).[4] [5] Prior to this, it was affiliated to Tamil Nadu Cricket Association(TNCA) as a District Association.
In July 2018, Cricket association of Puducherry approached Abhishek Nayar for a coach-cum-player role.[6] However, a day later, Nayar ruled himself out for the job of coaching Puducherry.[7] In August 2018, Nayar decided to move to Puducherry.[8]
See also
Board of Cricket Control in India
References
- ^ a b c "About – Cricket Association of Pondicherry". Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Puducherry, India: Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "President – Cricket Association of Pondicherry". Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Puducherry, India: Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Vice-President – Cricket Association of Pondicherry". Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Puducherry, India: Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Puducherry becomes associate member of BCCI". ToI. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Puducherry get go-ahead for Ranji 2018-19". Wisden India. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ RS, Prasad (10 July 2018). "Nayar approached to play for Puducherry". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Abhishek Nayar rules himself out from coaching Puducherry, will take call on playing". First Post. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Abhishek Nayar moves to Pondicherry in search of special 100". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 August 2018.