Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) is the governing body for
cricket
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in
Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to:
* Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India
** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry
** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry
** Puducherry t ...
, formerly known as Pondicherry. Puducherry is a Union Territory in
India
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and for the
Puducherry cricket team
The Pondicherry cricket team (also Puducherry cricket team) is a cricket team that represents the state of Puducherry in Indian domestic competitions. In July 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the ni ...
. On 27 October 2017, Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) granted Associate Membership of the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world ...
(BCCI) to the Cricket Association of Puducherry (CAP). Prior to this, it was affiliated to
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association(TNCA) as a District Association. In 2019, CAP was granted full membership of the BCCI.
See also
Board of Cricket Control in India
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References
External links
CoA grants Associate membership to Cricket Association of PondicherryCricket Association of Pondicherry News
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Pondicherry
Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...
Cricket in Puducherry
2003 establishments in Pondicherry
Sports organizations established in 2003