Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association

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Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association
उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट संघ

Sport	Cricket
Jurisdiction	Uttar Pradesh, India
Abbreviation	UPCA
Founded	1928 (1928)
Affiliation	Board of Control for Cricket in India
Affiliation date	1928 (1928)
Headquarters	19,Kamla Club 84/31 Kalpi Road,
Location	Green Park, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
President
Chairman	Gopal Sharma
Chairperson	Rajeev Shukla
Secretary
Men's coach	Mritunjay Tripathi
Women's coach
Other key staff	Ashish Zaidi,Riasatali Jyoti Bajpai, Shuab Ahmed
Sponsor
Official website
www.upca.tv

Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट संघ), formerly United Provinces Cricket Team, is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Uttar Pradesh state of India and the Uttar Pradesh cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

History[]

Vijay Anand Gajapati Raj Bahadur, better known as the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, was the founding President of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association and Andhra Cricket Association. He was captain of the Indian cricket team in the 1930s and a cricket commentator in the 1960s. He is credited with furthering the development of cricket in Andhra and Uttar Pradesh.

Home grounds[]

Green Park Stadium in Kanpur and Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow are the current home grounds for UPCA. Saifai International Cricket Stadium in Etawah district will be 3rd home ground for UPCA.

See also[]

• Uttar Pradesh cricket team

References[]

External links[]

• Official website