Overview
- The BCCI network of indoor academies, which Modi inaugurated Tuesday in Gangtok via video, spans Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland.
- Each center features indoor practice pitches, a modern gym and temperature-controlled pools to keep training on track through long rainy seasons.
- ICC chairman Jay Shah attended the ceremony in Sikkim, and the BCCI credits his tenure with conceiving the project and laying the foundation in May 2024.
- In Manipur, the state association said the BCCI will pay maintenance and operating costs for two years as the Imphal site opens with three indoor pitches, a gym and a pool.
- In Nagaland, the Sovima facility funded by the BCCI at about Rs 19.85 crore includes four indoor lanes, separate locker rooms and a half Olympic-size pool, which is meant to cut travel and keep development local.