Six Players From Sikkim In Northeast ZCA Camp
The Under 16 team of Sikkim had a successful season in Vijay Merchant Trophy 2019-20, where they won all the matches in the league round and become the first team from Sikkim to qualify for the knock-out round of the tournament. After such a success, six players from the same team have been selected to attend “Zonal Cricket Academy Camp” for Northeast Zone to be held in the coming month.
Zonal Cricket Academy Camp (ZCA) is a camp that is organised every year by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in all the six zones of India in which they look for cricketers who have potential and get them trained under the best coaches and support staffs of NCA.
The meeting for the Under 16 ZCA Camp was held in Aizwal, Mizoram on 17th February where representatives from Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim attended. The meeting was chaired by Amit Sharma – BCCI Junior National Selector and Mamon Majumdar – Hony. Secretary of Mizoram Cricket Association & Member of IPL Governing Council. Gyaphel Tshering Bhutia, one of the selectors of Sikkim Cricket Association (SICA) attended the meeting. The meeting was held to discuss and finalize the list of 25 players that will be attending the ZCA Camp, based on their performance this domestic season.
Adarsh Pandey, Adiv Tamang, Mohammad Arif, Mohammad Sharim Iqbal, Tarun Sharma, and Obedonyx Subba have been selected for this camp from Sikkim. Out of 25 players in the camp 6 players are from Sikkim, 2 from Arunachal Pradesh, 5 from Manipur, 4 from Meghalaya, 3 from Mizoram and 5 from Nagaland. “It is a big achievement for SICA and the state, and as a selector, it is always a proud moment for us when our players perform well in the National level tournaments and are being picked by the national selectors for such camp where our players will learn from the best. I am thankful to SICA for working tirelessly and promoting cricket in the region where such talented players are coming up and doing well,” says Gyaphel Tshering Bhutia –SICA Selector.