Kerala Cricket Association
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| Sport | Cricket |
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| Jurisdiction | Regional |
| Abbreviation | KCA |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Affiliation | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Affiliation date | 1950 |
| Headquarters | KCA Complex, Sasthamkovil Road, Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram |
| President | B Vinod Kumar |
| Vice president | Nazir Machan, Rejith Rejendran, V B Ishaque |
| Secretary | Jayesh George |
| Official website | |
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The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) (കേരളാ ക്രിക്കറ്റ് അസോസിയേഷന്) is the governing body of the game of Cricket in the Kerala state of the Republic of India. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
KCA is also the parent body of 14 district Associations – one in each of the revenue districts of Kerala, responsible to govern the game of Cricket in their respective districts. KCA is involved in organising the game from the grass root level to the International level.
KCA implements its programs through its Units – The District Associations. It conducts Zone level as well as State level age-group Tournaments for Under-14, Under-16, Under-19, Under-22 and Under-25. State teams of each of this categories are selected through this tournaments. KCA participates in all age group tournaments conducted by the BCCI in both Men and Women Categories. It is also responsible to host National Tournaments and International Matches in the State. Through its unique Program CASH-Kerala, KCA adopts and trains around 500 School Children every year through its District level and State level Cricket Academies. Operation Gold hunt is another unique program of KCA wherein it has adopted and training some selected young athletes; to help them achieving higher goals.
Lt. Col. G. V. Raja formed the Travancore-Cochin Cricket Association in 1950. The primary objective of the Association was to popularise the game in the State of Travancore-Cochin. The formative meeting of the Travancore-Cochin Cricket Association was held in the Auditorium of the Maharaja's College, Eranakulam due to the efforts of the P. M. Krishnan and P. M. Raghavan with support from Raja. Upon its inception, the Travancore-Cochin Cricket Association selected the first ever Travancore-Cochin first class team, which was led by P. M. Raghavan. The team played its first match in the Ranji Trophy circuit against Mysore, where the highlight was P. M. Anandan's six wicket haul, conceding only 100 runs in 27 overs in the first innings of the match. Following the formation of the state of Kerala in 1956, the Travancore-Cochin Cricket Association was renamed as the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA).
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