Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
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Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) is the governing body of the Cricket
activities in the Tamil Nadu
state of India
and the Tamil Nadu cricket team
. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India
.
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association affiliated to the Board of control for cricket in India is the parent body or governing the game of Cricket in Tamil Nadu, and involved in the conduct of the game from the grass root level to the International level.
The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association promotes and develops Cricket by conducting various League Tournaments,Tournaments for the age group Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, and Under-19, Under-22 and Under-25 categories besides organising and conducting National Tournaments. The Association conducts SPIC-TNCA League Championship for City affiliated Clubs and 726 league matches are played a year from First division to Fifth division. A zone consisting of 12 teams each figure in the first and second divisions, whereas third, fourth and fifth division consists of two, three and four zones respectively. The city league format is one of the best in the country especially in first division where league matches are played on a three day duration as per the Ranji Trophy guidelines.
Corporate sponsorship alone in the first division runs to over Rs.6 crores towards players allowances, cricket equipments, ground maintenance etc. besides participation in outstation tour
The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association is all set to celebrate its Platinum Jubilee (75th year) this year.
The website of the association is www.tnca.in and it has been developed by Coromandel Infotech India Limited.
Shri N. Srinivasan
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Shri U. Prabhakar Rao
Shri S. Ganesan
Shri. P.S. Raman
Shri. K.G. Muralidharan
Shri N.R. Manivannan
Shri Kalpathi. S Agoram
HON.SECRETARY
Shri K.S. Viswanathan
HON.JOINT SECRETARY
Dr.G. Natarajan
HON.ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Shri R.S. Ramasaamy
HON.TREASURER
Shri V.P. Narasimhan
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Shri K.A.Shankar
Shri Keshav Sriraman
Shri P.Anand
Shri R.I.Palani
Shri K.Jayaprakash
Shri Adam Sait
Shri K.Sriram
Shri K.Murali
Shri M.Velu
Shri R.Kanakaraj
Dr.R.N.Baba
Shri A.Sathees Kumar
Shri N.Venkataraman
Shri R.Srikanth
SPL.INVITEES
Dr. D.N. Seshagiri
Shri A. Sankara Krishnan
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
activities in the Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
state of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and the Tamil Nadu cricket team
Tamil Nadu cricket team
The Tamil Nadu Cricket Team ; , competes in the Super League of the Ranji Trophy, the top cricketing competition in India. The team finished as runners-up behind Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons establishing themselves as one of the strongest teams in the country...
. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered at Mumbai, is the national governing body for all cricket in India. It's not the apex governing body in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as BCCI replaced Calcutta Cricket Club. BCCI is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu...
.
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association affiliated to the Board of control for cricket in India is the parent body or governing the game of Cricket in Tamil Nadu, and involved in the conduct of the game from the grass root level to the International level.
The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association promotes and develops Cricket by conducting various League Tournaments,Tournaments for the age group Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, and Under-19, Under-22 and Under-25 categories besides organising and conducting National Tournaments. The Association conducts SPIC-TNCA League Championship for City affiliated Clubs and 726 league matches are played a year from First division to Fifth division. A zone consisting of 12 teams each figure in the first and second divisions, whereas third, fourth and fifth division consists of two, three and four zones respectively. The city league format is one of the best in the country especially in first division where league matches are played on a three day duration as per the Ranji Trophy guidelines.
Corporate sponsorship alone in the first division runs to over Rs.6 crores towards players allowances, cricket equipments, ground maintenance etc. besides participation in outstation tour
The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association is all set to celebrate its Platinum Jubilee (75th year) this year.
The website of the association is www.tnca.in and it has been developed by Coromandel Infotech India Limited.
Office Bearers for the year 2010-11
PRESIDENTShri N. Srinivasan
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Shri U. Prabhakar Rao
Shri S. Ganesan
Shri. P.S. Raman
Shri. K.G. Muralidharan
Shri N.R. Manivannan
Shri Kalpathi. S Agoram
HON.SECRETARY
Shri K.S. Viswanathan
HON.JOINT SECRETARY
Dr.G. Natarajan
HON.ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Shri R.S. Ramasaamy
HON.TREASURER
Shri V.P. Narasimhan
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Shri K.A.Shankar
Shri Keshav Sriraman
Shri P.Anand
Shri R.I.Palani
Shri K.Jayaprakash
Shri Adam Sait
Shri K.Sriram
Shri K.Murali
Shri M.Velu
Shri R.Kanakaraj
Dr.R.N.Baba
Shri A.Sathees Kumar
Shri N.Venkataraman
Shri R.Srikanth
SPL.INVITEES
Dr. D.N. Seshagiri
Shri A. Sankara Krishnan