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Cricket in Bangalore is associated with pride and honor. Bangalore has produced some of the finest players of the game including Rahul Dravid, the Team India captain, Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath. The M. Chinnaswamy stadium is one of the most prestigious stadiums in India. Set up in 1969, it was formerly known as Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA). It was renamed later to pay tribute to Mr. M. Chinnaswamy who served KSCA for four decades and remained the president of Board of Control for Cricket in India from 1997-1980. The venue for international cricket matches in Bangalore is generally the Chinnaswamy Stadium. It has a seating capacity of 70,000 people. An interesting thing to note is that Cricket has been made a compulsory subject from class five for the students of St Joseph's European Boys' High School, Bangalore since August 1. With many international matches coming up in, Cricket in Bangalore is becoming a healthy craze for the youth. The National Cricket Academy Bangalore (NCA) was established under the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in2000. The academy is located in the M. Chinnaswamy stadium. The NCA for Cricket in Bangalore was founded with the aim of grooming young cricketers. It lays great emphasis on physical training and cricketing skills. The NCA also provides coaching seminars in order to produce coaches of high merit. Cricket in Bangalore is increasingly becoming popular as a sport. Some of the international Test match records in Bangalore are 570 runs by Pakistan versus India in March 2005 in which Younis Khan scored 267 runs. The best bowling figures were by Maninder Singh, 7-27 versus Pakistan in 1987. The maximum runs were scored by Gavaskar-600 runs, and Anil Kumble has taken the maximum number of wickets-35. In One Day matches Australia holds the record of scoring a maximum of 324 runs against India for the loss of two wickets in 2003. Cricket in Bangalore has gained great significance over the years.
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