da apostebet： The Vidarbha Cricket Association held its annual general meeting atNagpur on August 4 and it was time for the members to look upon aneventful season
da lvbet： Staff and Agencies05-Aug-2001* VCA looks back on an eventful seasonThe Vidarbha Cricket Association held its annual general meeting atNagpur on August 4 and it was time for the members to look upon aneventful season. The VCA hosted the Test match between India andZimbabwe from November 25 to 29 and a three day match between India Aand Australia from February 17 to 19. Because of the earthquake inGujarat, the BCCI changed the venue for the three day game from Barodato Nagpur. The Association’s ability to organize the match within ashort time made the BCCI to consider Nagpur as a venue ahead of othercentres. The cricket lovers of Nagpur had a chance to see worldchampions Australia and Zimbabwe play.The proposed Duleep Trophy match between Central Zone and West Zone atMeerut was shifted to Nagpur due to the law and order situation inthat city. The VCA successfully conducted the tournament within ashort notice.Vidarbha players received due national recognition. Alind Naidu wasselected for the training camp held by the National Cricket Acadamy atBangalore. During the year he represented India in the under-19 `Test’and in one day matches played against England while Amit Deshpanderepresented India in the one day under-19 game against England.Chandrashekar Atram was selected for the MRF Pace Academy at Chennai.Among administrators from the state, former Vidarbha and Central Zonecricketer Ashok Bhagwat was appointed as Junior National selectorwhile Shashank Manohar was appointed as member of the code of conductcommittee set up by the BCCI.* Ten teams for KSCA inter-zonal tournamentTen teams will take part in the KSCA Coca-Cola inter-zonal under-19tournament to be played at Mysore and Bangalore from August 11 to 31.The group A matches will be held in Mysore. Teams in this pool areMysore Zone, Bangalore Zone, Mangalore Zone, Tumkur Zone and CombinedCity. Group B matches will be played at Bangalore. Teams in this poolare Bangalore City, President’s XI, Shimoga Zone, Racihur Zone andDharwad Zone.The group matches will be played on a league basis, each game beingplayed over two days. The top two teams in each zone will qualify forthe semifinals, to be played on a knock out basis over three days. Theleague matches will be played from August 11 to 23, the semifinalswill be held on August 25, 26 and 27 and the three day final on August29, 30 and 31.
