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Vengsarkar Cricket Academy that was established in 1995 by Mr.Dilip Vengsarkar. Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar is an Indian cricketer and cricket administrator. He was known as one of the foremost exponents of the drive. He was also known by the nickname 'Colonel'.[1] Along with Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, he was a key player in the Indian batting line up in the late 70s and early 80s. He went on to play till 1989. He represented Bombay in the Ranji Trophy. For Test matches played in India, he has one of the highest batting averages. (courtesy: wikipedia.org) What is the Vengsarkar Cricket Academy (VCA) ? Mr.Dilip Vengsarkar runs three cricket academies, two in Mumbai and one in Pune. These academies give cricket training free of cost to the selected players selected on their skill level. VCA yearly coaches and trains over 150 young boys ranging from 11 to 19 years of which few give excellent performance at the domestic tournament organized by the academy.The 2004-2005 team selected by Mumbai Cricket Association has over 50% young cricketers from VCA. VCA is one of the oldest most reputed private cricket academies in the nation. With the likes of Ajith Agarkar to Yuvraj Singh have been a part of this esteemed academy.

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