The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah laid the foundation stone for the board’s upcoming state-of-the-art training facilities in the north-east region. This move aims to enhance the infrastructure and consequently the players’ skills across six states, fostering the growth of cricket in the area.

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New Delhi (India): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah laid the foundation stone for the board’s upcoming state-of-the-art training facilities in the north-east part of India, which will help six states in the region enhance their players’ game through enhanced infrastructure.

Shah took to X to make the announcement. Six states in North- East India–Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland, and Sikkim will benefit from “world-class” indoor nets, indoor swimming pools, and fitness centres for year-round training options.

“Honoured to have laid the foundation stone for BCCI’s upcoming state-of-the-art indoor training facilities in the Northeast! Our cricketers from six states – Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim–will soon benefit from world- class indoor nets, indoor swimming pools and fitness centres for year- round training options. This, along with the launch of the new pavilion in Mizoram, are big steps towards our vision to enhance cricket infrastructure in the region, Exciting *times ahead!” tweeted Shah.

The states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim were made a part of the domestic cricket scene ahead of the 2018-19 season.

Before the arrival of the 2022-23 cricket season, the inter-zonal cricket scene of India consisted of five zones, i.e., the Central, East, North, South, and West zones. In 2022, for the first time as a zone, Northeast zone competed in the 2022-23 Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket competition. The tournament marked their first-class debut.

Later in 2023, NEZ took part in the Deodhar Trophy, a List-A competition, for the first time ever.