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Annual Report for the year 2017-18

Playing host to our first ever T20 International, staging yet another successful ODI, and being the home venue for four IPL matches of season 2018 marked yet another successful and busy season for us. Also, it was a season with our teams continuing to perform well at almost all levels.

Homage : We begin by paying homage to those who are no with us.

a. Dr. M K Bhargava left us on 6th March 2018. He was associated with MPCA since 1981 and during this period of almost 4 decades, he conscientiously handled the responsibilities in various capacities right from the Jt. Secretary, then the Hon. Secretary, followed by Chairman, and Vice President. He was an extremely thorough and meticulous person whose guidance was much valued by all of us. He played a pivotal role in raising the association to its present state. We acknowledge his immense contribution to our cricket and will miss his presence in our midst.

b. Shri M.K.Shukla, a player of the Holkar era also left for the heavenly abode during the year under report.

c. We also lost another Ranji player in form of Shri Vinod Narang.

d. Shri Mahendra Singh Kalukheda, MPCA member and President of Ujjain Divisional Cricket Association, passed away in September 2017.

I now present a report on the activities and achievements of our association during the last season.

Our players continued to do well at the National level. Most of our teams made it to the knock out stage of respective tournaments. , who served MP cricket for the last twenty odd years, announced his retirement from cricket after the conclusion of season 2017-18. MPCA acknowledges his colossal and honest contribution to Madhya Pradesh cricket as a player and who led the team with great skill and acted as a mentor for the young players joining our team.

Ranji Trophy : Our senior cricketers played well to qualify for the knock out from a tough group consisting of Tamil Nadu, Baroda, Andhra and , before losing to in the quarter finals – the eventual runner up of the tournament. Our campaign started with a resounding eight victory over Baroda. We recovered from 69 for 4 to post a huge score of 552 for 8 with major contributions coming from Shubham Sharma (196) (104) and Devendra Bundela (99). The bowlers than performed well to dismiss Baroda twice and won the match.

Naman Ojha’s superb knock of 180 helped our team post 409 against Mumbai in the second match. However, Mumbai managed to surpass the score.

Our first away match was against Tripura which was a 'must win game' in context of the group scenario. Twin spin attack - (6 for 71) and Ankit Sharma (7 for 116) finished off the match on the third day, getting the full points with a bonus. The next match against Andhra resulted in a surprise loss for us. After conceding a lead of 55, we folded up for just 119 in the second innings to lose by eight .

In our next match against Tamil Nadu, (63) and Ankit Sharma (77) helped us recover from 67 for 5 to post a decent 264. Tamil Nadu also recovered from 76 for 6 to grab the first innings points. With this, we needed an outright victory against Odisha in our last match for a chance to qualify for the knock out. The bowlers bundled

Annual Report of MPCA | 2017-18 Page 1 out Odisha for 147 in the first innings to set the base for a seven wicket victory in the subsequent stage of the match. Sakure (4-42) in the first innings and Hirwani (5-97) in the second innings bowled well.

The five-day quarter final against Delhi was played at the neutral venue - Vijaywada. Our team scored 338, with major contribution coming from the consistent . Delhi was able to snatch a first innings lead of 67 and chased down the second inning target of 217 with ease.

Harpreet Singh Bhatia with 629 runs was once again the top run getter for the state. Shubham Sharma (440 runs) and (425 runs) also chipped in. Leg spinner Mihir Hirwani (31 wickets) topped the chart for bowlers, ably supported by the experienced (23 wickets). Ankit Sharma (19 wickets and 376 runs.) played the all rounder’s role to perfection.

Vijay Hazare Trophy: We were placed in Group ‘C’ along with Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Team Rajasthan, Andhra and Goa. We started with a 74 run loss to Mumbai which was followed by another defeat against Andhra. We recovered well to defeat Gujarat by 4 wickets, Tamil Nadu and Goa by 8 wickets each but the last match against Team Rajasthan went their way.

Rajat Patidar came up with an astounding innings of 158 off just 111 balls against Tamil Nadu which was followed by 124 off 85 balls against Goa. He finished with 369 runs in the league. (8 wickets) was the top wicket taker.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: We had a mix season with victories against Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Railways. We lost to Team Rajasthan and a close game to Vidarbha, falling short by just 7 runs inspite of Sohraab Dhaliwal and Anshul Tripathi involved in a 71 run 5th wicket partnership steering our team close to the target. Rajat Patidar (132 runs) and Sohraab Dhaliwal (106) were the top run getters but not much support was forthcoming from the other batsmen.

C K Nayudu Trophy : The U-23 team was in plate group. Our team performed handsomely and has qualified for the elite group for the next season. The season started with a first innings loss to . Against Orissa in the next game we achieved the first innings honours. The team got in to the top gear defeating Jharkhand by 9 Wickets but conceded a first innings lead to Uttar Pradesh. We wrapped up the league with first innings points against Chattisgarh.

The plate semi final against Team Rajasthan gave us a first opportunity to book a place in the elite group for the next season. In a closely fought match of fluctuating fortunes, we took a lead of 32 runs but had to chase 237 to win the match. After being in a precarious situation with 57 for 7, skipper and Ajay Rohera took the score to 203 before the last three wickets fell for mere 7 runs. We had to then play against Saurashtra for the third place. A hard fought first innings tussle ended with MP getting the lead of 15 runs. was at his devastating best taking seven wickets for 66. MP closed off the match scoring 534 for 7 in the second innings. was the best batsman for us and also became the highest scorer of the tournament. He scored 795 runs with four hundreds and also chipped in with 10 wickets for us. Salman Khan (527 runs) and Venkatesh Iyer (496 runs) also scored heavily with the bat. Ajay Rohera (438 runs) scored important runs when they were required the most. Ashwin Das took 17 wickets while Avesh Khan, in his two games for the team, took 13.

U-23 One Day League: The tournament was added to the BCCI calendar this year. The Central Zone league was keenly fought and MP scrapped through to qualify for the knock out. We defeated Team Rajasthan by 5 wickets, lost to Uttar Pradesh by 4 wickets, beat Vidarbha by 14 runs and Chattisgarh by 24 runs before succumbing to Railways by 3 wickets. The knock out stage was played in Kanpur. We chased down 322 runs made by Gujarat quite easily but in the next game lost to Punjab by two wickets with just two balls to go. Wicket Keeper batsman Ajay Rohera followed up his magic performance of the multi-day tournament and scored 444 runs in seven

Annual Report of MPCA | 2017-18 Page 2 matches with two centuries. Salman Khan scored 308 runs. Avesh Khan emerged as the best bowler with ten wickets. Rahul Batham, making a comeback from injury, took eight wickets as did Apurv Purohit.

Cooch Behar Trophy: The Under -19 lads came up with stupendous performance to finish as runners up in the tournament. It was a splendid display by the colts in all the matches. Starting the Group ‘B’ campaign with an innings win against Assam, the team then defeated Gujarat by 10 wickets. We conceded the first innings lead to Mumbai and Karnataka before coming back to winning ways decimating Andhra and Railways by an innings victory.

In the quarter final match against Bengal, Dev Barnale scored a majestic double hundred to set up the stage for a victory. Yash Dubey and Rishabh Chouhan scored brilliant hundreds to help the team to chase down UP’s score of 395 in the semi final.

The final match was against Vidarbha at Nagpur. Winning the toss, our boys could not score big enough in the first innings and Vidarbha got a huge first innings lead of 325.

Yash Dubey was the star of the show for us. He scored 902 runs with 4 hundreds and 4 fifties. Skipper Rishabh Chouhan carried the lower middle order brilliantly scoring 707 runs including 3 hundreds. Leg spinner Rajrishi Shrivastava took 30 wickets while Mohd. Saad Baggad and Shivam Dwivedi supported him with 21 wickets apiece.

Vinoo Mankad Trophy: The Central Zone league was hosted by our association at Gwalior. We defeated Chattisgarh by 7 wickets in the season opener and followed it up with a 104 run victory over Railways. We lost to Uttar Pradesh by six wickets. In the next match we defeated Team Rajasthan by 7 wickets to revive hopes of winning the league. But a strong Vidarbha side defeated us by 69 runs in the last match.

Ankush Singh with 230 runs and skipper Rahul Chandrol with 199 runs did their bit with the bat, while Adarsh Singh and Rishabh Chouhan (8 wickets each) and Raj Rishi Shrivastava (7 wickets) performed well with the ball.

Vijay Merchant Trophy: Our under-16 team continued the good work of the last few years and reached the semi final of the tournament. Though our campaign did not start well as we conceded the lead to Uttar Pradesh, we came back strongly to hand a ten wicket defeat to the defending champions Vidarbha. Fast bowler Tripuresh Singh came up with a ten wicket haul in this match. Team Rajasthan also got the first innings points against us but an outright win against Chattisgarh ensured us a berth in the knock out.

Tripuresh Singh’s second ten-wicket match haul of the season helped us beat Andhra by an innings and a leap to the semi final against Punjab. first Punjab put up a score of 370. We batted well but in the absence of decent partnerships the team could manage only 325 runs, thus losing the match on the first innings. Despite the loss it was a great performance by the lads.

Opening batsman Shivang Kumar scored 409 runs with two hundreds. Skipper of the team Vedansh Vyas scored 278 runs. Tripuresh Singh, with his two ten-wicket show, finished with 31 wickets. Off spinner Akash Panika took seventeen wickets. Shivang Kumar also took eleven wickets and supported the bowling attack with his left arm spin.

Raj Singh Dungarpur Trophy: This was the seventh season of the tournament that was initiated by MPCA with the teams of all Associations in the central zone competing for the title. The league started with Vidarbha and MP sharing the points as the first innings could not be completed. The last wicket pair of Anuj Lahore and Mayur Patil hung out for 18.3 overs to deny first innings points to Vidarbha. Team Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were able to get the first innings lead in the next two matches before we could salvage something from the tournament by

Annual Report of MPCA | 2017-18 Page 3 taking first innings lead against Chattisgarh. Opening batsman Nishant Singh topped the tally with 206 runs while fast bowler Vineet Singh emerged as the top wicket taker.

Senior Womens’ One Day League: Our Womens' team lost three out of four matches in the league and were unable to qualify for the next stage of the tourney. Our loss against Railways by six wickets, Hyderabad by 25 runs and Andhra by 54 runs was unexpected. The only victory came against Himachal Pradesh whom they defeated by 3 runs. Ruchita Buley with 100 runs and Nidhi Buley with 8 wickets were the top performers.

Senior Womens’ T20 League: The team lost against Bengal by 10 wickets, Baroda by 3 wickets, Uttar Pradesh by 1 run, and Goa by six wickets. In the match against Uttar Pradesh the team needed just four runs in the final over but could get only two. , who did not bowl much in the four matches, top scored with 79 runs while Aparna Shrivastava (4) got the most wickets.

U-23 Womens One Day League: The Central Zone league was hosted by Chattisgarh. MP defeated Uttar Pradesh by six wickets, Chattisgarh by seven wickets, Team Rajasthan by four wickets but lost to Railways by 153 runs and Vidarbha by 5 wickets. Nikita Singh with 111 runs and Priti Yadav with 10 wickets finished at the top.

U-23 Women’s T20 League: This was a new tournament for the season and we hosted the central zone league at the twin grounds of MPCA at Jabalpur. Our team got everything right to finish second to the strong Railway side in the league. We defeated Team Rajasthan by 7 wickets, Chattisgarh by 7 wickets, Uttar Pradesh by 8 wickets and against Vidarbha by 1 run. The only loss was against Railways by 9 runs.

The super league matches were played in Goa. We lost all the four matches - against Bengal, Baroda, Uttar Pradesh, and Goa. Nikita Singh (235 runs) Tamanna Nigam (226 runs) and Tarang Jha (194 runs) performed well with the bat. Charu Joshi (17 wickets) had four three wicket hauls and finished as the top wicket taker.

U-19 Women’s League: The U-19 girls who had performed consistently well in the previous few seasons could not qualify for Super League this time. We lost to Uttar Pradesh by 88 runs in the first match and to Chattisgarh by 41 runs in the last match but defeated Vidarbha by 8 wickets and Team Rajasthan by 86 runs for a balanced performance. Highlight for our team was a superb knock of 84 of just 68 balls by Pooja Vastrakar. She finished as the top scorer with 184 runs at a strike rate of 90.64. Bharti Choudhary took eight wickets to emerge as the top bowler.

U-16 Women’s League: This tournament was started this year by teams from Central Zone with a view to give exposure to the young girls. The league was hosted by Vidarbha and played as 40 over a side tournament. After losing to Uttar Pradesh by 201 runs, MP girls defeated Team Rajasthan by 55 runs, Chattisgarh and Vidarbha by 4 wickets to finish second in the league table. Ananya Dubey was the top run getter with 106 runs while Anushka Sharma scored 94 runs at an average of 47.00. She also took 6 wickets. Pinky Yadav (7) and Unnati Bagora (6) were the top two wicket takers.

India vs. Australia ODI at : Close on the heels of the success of our first ever test match, we hosted the third ODI of the five match - Australia series. The match was played on 24th September 2017. The match was another test of our organising capabilities as there was forecast of showers during the pre-match and match period. It rained even a day before the match but our seasoned curator and his hardworking staff ensured that the match started on time and conducted without a hitch. Riding on ’s all-round show and Rohit Sharma and ’s solid knocks, Indian team beat Australia by five wickets to seal the five-match series 3-0.

As an off-field initiative, MPCA carried out several inter-woven activities towards spreading the awareness for cleanliness campaign, waste segregation and disposal etc. I must say, as a matter of pride for all of us, the

Annual Report of MPCA | 2017-18 Page 4 systems adopted by MPCA for maintaining the stadium cleanliness and creating a spectator-friendly environment is well appreciated by the BCCI. The IPL event managing team of IMG gave a brief demonstration of our practices before the IPL season commenced.

India vs Sri Lanka T20I at Indore: It was a celebration time again for us as we got an opportunity to host our first ever T20 International match. It was also the first time Sri Lanka team played at the . The match was played on 22nd December 2017. Rohit Sharma, Indian Captain, led from the front and battered a 35 ball hundred that matches the joint fastest in the history of T20 Internationals. The match also saw 31 sixes, 21 of them coming from Indians. India scored a mammoth 260 in 20 overs and won easily by 88 runs.

Indian Premier League: Kings XI Punjab once again chose Indore as their second home venue and decided to play first three home matches at Indore. However due to changed circumstances these matches were then shifted to Mohali and Indore got a chance to host the last four matches, played against , , and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The cricket loving public thoroughly enjoyed this dose of cricket.

MPCA played a pivotal role in the initiative for zero-plastic event with collaborative efforts along with the KXIP and BCCI. We devised systems and practices for reducing-reusing-recycling plastic generated as a result of the 4- match event and our enthusiastic work is admired widely by external auditing - the IIM who were nominated for the event by the District administration.

BCCI events in the state: Holkar Stadium was once again chosen as the venue to host the finals of the for the second successive year. The match was played from 29th December 2017 to 1st January 2018. Gearing up after the hard work for the T20 International, our organising team efficiently staged the match. History was made as the underdogs Vidarbha lifted the trophy for the first time ever in its history defeating the strong Delhi side by 9 wickets. For Vidarbha, Holkar Stadium must be a happy hunting ground as they had won its first ever Vijay Merchant Trophy title at the same ground in 2016-17. In the previous season (2016-17) Gujarat had won the coveted Ranji trophy for the first time at our stadium.

Almost immediately after the Ranji trophy final, BCCI entrusted the responsibility to stage 4-day event of womens' challenger trophy. But again our teamwork was immaculate to organise the glittering tournament with all top contenders displaying their prowess.

Awards Ceremony 2016-17 : MPCA organised the annual awards presentation function on 13th August 2017. We applauded performances of our state teams, players, divisions, along with the highest award for lifetime achievement.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy MPCA award Rs. 4 lacs (Central zone champions by winning all 5 matches (no further stage of this tournament)

U/19 (Loosing quarter finalist) MPCA award Rs. 4 lacs

Women's Sr. Ltd. Ov. Tournament (super league qualification - elite gr.) MPCA award Rs. 4 lacs

Women's Sr. T20 Tournament (super league qualification - elite gr.) MPCA award Rs. 4 lacs

Girls U/23 Ltd Overs Tournament MPCA award Rs. 4 lacs (Central zone champions by winning all 5 matches (no further stage of this tournament)

Nuzhat parween (for selection in India Women's Team) MPCA award Rs. 5 Lacs

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Chandrakant Sakure Rs. 1 Lac (Madhavrao Scindia award - Sr. Cricketer category)

Rajrishi Shrivastava Rs. 1 Lac (Madhavrao Scindia award - Jr. Cricketer category)

Shri. Narendra Menon MPCA Lifetime achievement – Capt. C T Sarwate award Rs. 5.00 lakh and silver plaque

Dr. M K Bhargava MPCA Lifetime achievement –Madhavrao Scindia award Rs. 5.00 lakh and silver plaque

Incentive award to Divisional Cricket Association :

1st rank : Indore Rs. 7.5 Lakh 2nd rank : Gwalior Rs. 5.0 Lakh

Special Honour : Nitin Menon : For his elevation To ICC Panel of Umpires Rajeev Risodkar : For retirement from BCCI panel of Umpire after successful and long career Amardeep Singh Pathania: For retirement from BCCI panel of Umpire after successful and long career

Apart from the above awardees, performances of teams and players in MPCA domestic circuit were also rewarded as per norms.

Inter Divisional tournaments 2017-18 : The domestic tournaments of the state were successfully conducted. A total of 165 matches with 348 match days were organised with huge help of various divisions and match officials. Two new tournaments – Men’s U-23 Ltd. Overs and Girls U-16 were added to the list, thus taking the number of inter divisional tournaments to twelve. However, the tournament for J N Bhaya Trophy could not be played this year due to sudden change in the schedule of 'Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy' by BCCI.

Indore Division did very well this season. They won six tournaments while ended up being the Joint Winners in One Tournament. Performance by Gwalior and team Bhopal is also impressive. The Bhopal team played determinedly within the available resources due to absence of a regular set-up at the moment.

Age Group Tournament Winners Runners-up Senior Multi Day M.Y.Memorial Trophy Indore Ujjain

Senior One Day Madhavrao Scindia Trophy Indore Narmadapuram

Senior T20 J.N.Bhaya Trophy Tournament not conducted Boys' U-23 Parmanand Bhai Patel Trophy Team Bhopal Indore

Boys' U-23 (Ltd. Overs) Indore Gwalior

Boys' U-18 Hiralal Gaekwad Trophy Indore Team Bhopal

Boys' U-18 (Ltd. overs) S.M. Khan Trophy Gwalior Team Bhopal

Boys' U-15 M.M. Jagdale Trophy Indore Gwalior

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Boys' U-14 A.W.Kanmadikar Trophy Team Bhopal Gwalior

Senior Women J.S.Anand Trophy Gwalior Team Bhopal

Girls U-19 Indore - Shahdol (Joint Winners)

Girls U-16 Indore Gwalior

State Panel Umpires’ Examination: The state panel umpires course and examination was conducted at Indore in September 2017. The education course was conducted by BCCI Level 3 educators - Sudhir Asnani and Rajiv Risodkar with the help of Nitin Menon, Manish Jain and Akshay Totray. Three umpires, who passed the examination were inducted in the state panel.

State Panel Scorers’ Course: A first ever state level course for scorers was conducted by the association at Indore on 2 & 3 June 2018. The course was conducted by BCCI scorers Amit Parkhe and Mayank Thanwar. The ‘Laws of Cricket’ were taught by Manish Jain and Akshay Totray. The purpose of the course was to structure a state panel of scorers.

State Panel Umpires’ Refresher Course: A refresher course was conducted by Sudhir Asnani and Rajiv Risodkar on 7-8 October 2017. The umpires on the state panel were given an overview of the new Laws of Cricket which came into force from 1st October 2017.

Special seminar for women umpires : A seminar for women was conducted on 7-8th July 2018 at Indore with a view to encourage women from the state to join umpiring. The course was conducted by MPCA faculty. 26 candidates attended the two day course.

Specialised skill camp : We invited renowned test cricketers and seasoned coaches to guide our players on specific skill sets like , spin bowling and wicket keeping. Mr. T A Sekar, Mr. Venkatpathy Raju and Mr. Kiran More will extend their expertise to help our upcoming players on multi-faceted areas specific short-term and long-term goals, augmenting critical fundamental skills in order to focus on 'advanced' skills, sharing on-field experience – exposure to impart soft skill development like understanding the game scenario and the nuances to react, input towards a specific physical training plan required for the art, improving psychological elements like confidence, mental toughness etc., thus enabling players to plan themselves about their game and provide accountability to individual and team goals, and such other development aspects. The first leg of the camps were held recently and the feedback from the players and coaching faculty reflect the impact of the visiting faculty and their mentoring.

Ground and infrastructure development : MPCA's ground at Hoshangabad is taking shape. The two grounds at Jabalpur are now equipped with pavilion. As an initial test of the infrastructure and the local organising team, the Womens' U-23 T20 league was played at the venue with 6 teams. It was an impressive tournament with praises showered for the development. We have also procured land at Morena and Rewa in recent few months. The ground development work shall start soon.

Felicitations: We congratulate the following players and officials for their achievements over the year -

Pooja Vastrakar: The young girl from Shahdol was selected for India and made an immediate impression in the matches she played. She became the first ever cricketer to score a half century batting at number nine in one day internationals.

Avesh Khan: He was selected for the coaching camp organised by the Australian Cricket Academy, Brisbane, from 28 July to 15 August 2017.The coaching cum training camp is a result of MOU between MRF Pace Foundation () and the Australian Cricket Academy on players exchange programme. During his stay with the Australian Cricket Academy, the player underwent 3D bio-mechanical test, training session with skill developments and match scenarios. He represented Royal Challengers Bengluru in IPL 2017 and impressed everybody in the only match he played.

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Devendra Bundela: The much respected player and MP captain announced his retirement from first class cricket. Bundela had a glittering career and served the state for 22 seasons. We wish him all the best.

Ishwar Pandey: He represented in IPL 2017.

Ankit Sharma: He represented Rising Pune Supergiant in IPL 2017.

Nitin Menon: The ICC panel from our state was selected to umpire the finals of the Ranji Trophy and the . He officiated in 9 One Day Internationals and 6 T20 Internationals during the season. In the IPL 2018, Nitin Umpired 13 matches including the Eliminator and Qualifier 2. He was the third umpire in 4 matches including the final. He toured South Africa to officiate three first class matches as part of an Exchange Programme between CSA and BCCI. He also officiated in the U-19 Asia Cup and Women’s T20 Asia Cup.

Sudhir Asnani : He officiated in the 100th first class match of his glorious career, which is truly a distinctive achievement. He was also felicitated by the BCCI for attaining this feat.

Rajiv Risodkar: He was nominated as faculty and examiner for BCCI umpires examination.

Gratitude : The season 2018-19 was a little bit hectic with many big events organised by us. I sincerely express my thanks to everyone who directly or indirectly helped MPCA for the very elaborate season.

Our dedicated team of volunteers gave it their all and undoubtedly they are the strong pillars behind the success of two back to back international matches, IPL as also the Ranji Finals and womens challenger trophy and several BCCI matches organised. I am grateful to all of them. The volunteers associated at our divisions also deserve thanks for the success of events organised by us.

I would also like to thank my fellow office bearers, members of the managing committee, office bearers of various divisions, members of sub committees for the continuous co-operation and support.

My thanks to Shri Sanjay Jagdale and Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia for precious guidance and support to the Office Bearers and the Managing Committee.

I am equally grateful to all members of the Association for their enthusiastic participation in the activities and shouldering several responsibilities in the best interests of our dear association.

I thank the media, both print and visual for giving due coverage to our activities.

I also thank the painstaking efforts taken by the adhoc body for Bhopal Division to conduct several activities for the Division.

Word of gratitude is also due to the Institutions who are providing their cricket grounds to conduct activities of MPCA / Divisions viz. Emerald Heights School (Indore), Shishukunj School (Indore), Gymkhana Ground (Indore), MIT College (Ujjain), Ranitaal Ground (Jabalpur), APS University (Rewa), Maharaja Public School (Rewa), Scindia School (Gwalior), Gupta Ground (Hoshangabad), Mahatma Gandhi Stadium (Shahdol), and many more..

Our statutory auditors - M/s Anil Kamal Garg & Co., and printers - M/s Reliable Advertising have continued to support us all through the year. My thanks to them as well. I also appreciate the work by Rajiv Risodkar and Mahaveer Singh Arya for compilation of our annual report.

The ground staff under guidance of our Chief Curator, the academy faculty associated with our Chief Coaching Consultant, and the office staff shouldering responsibility with the Chief Administrative Officer, have worked diligently during the year and I appreciate their diligence.

Milind A Kanmadikar Hon. Secretary

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