Cricket Association of Puducherry

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.

Cricket Association of Pondicherry
SportCricket
MembershipPondicherry State Sports Council[1]
AbbreviationCAP
Founded2003 (2003)[1]
AffiliationBCCI[1]
HeadquartersPuducherry
LocationPuducherry
PresidentG.M. Arunkumar[2]
Vice president(s)S.Vijayan[3]
Official website
cap-cricket.com

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
  1. "About – Cricket Association of Pondicherry". Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Puducherry, India: Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "President – Cricket Association of Pondicherry". Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Puducherry, India: Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. "Vice-President – Cricket Association of Pondicherry". Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Puducherry, India: Cricket Association of Pondicherry. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. "Puducherry becomes associate member of BCCI". ToI. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  5. "Puducherry get go-ahead for Ranji 2018-19". Wisden India. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  6. RS, Prasad (10 July 2018). "Nayar approached to play for Puducherry". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. "Abhishek Nayar rules himself out from coaching Puducherry, will take call on playing". First Post. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  8. "Abhishek Nayar moves to Pondicherry in search of special 100". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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