| Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट संघ اتر پردیش کرکٹ انجمن UPCA |
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| Sport | Cricket |
| Area of jurisdiction | Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Formation date | 1928 |
| Affiliation | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Headquarters | E-23,24, Kamla Nagar township, Kanpur-208005(U.P.) |
| Location | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| President | Dr. Gaur Hari Singhnia |
| Chairman | Gopal Sharma |
| Secretary | Rajeev Shukla |
| Coach | Gyanendra Pandey(Chief), Rizwan Shamshad(Batting coach) |
| Other key staff | A.W.Zaidi, Jyoti Bajpai, Shuab Ahmed |
| Sponsor | Sahara India Financial Corporation Limited |
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| www.upca.co.in | |
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट संघ, Urdu: اتر پردیش کرکٹ انجمن), 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.
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association affiliated to the Board of control for cricket in India is the parent body or governing the game of Cricket in Uttar Pradesh, and involved in the conduct of the game from the grass root level to the International level.
The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association promotes and develops Cricket by conducting various League Tournaments,Tournaments for the age group Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, and Under-19, Under-22 and Under-25 categories besides organising and conducting National Tournaments.
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Green Park Stadium in Kanpur is the current home ground for UPCA but it is looking for a land between Kanpur and Lucknow to have their own stadium because the fee to hold an one-day match has been set at a whopping one crore rupees by the state government. But until they get new one, Green Park would continue to hold international matches. [1]
UPCA Secretary Rajeev Shukla today said the Jaypee Group, who are developing a Sports city in Greater Noida, are building a cricket stadium there and UPCA has already inked a fifty-year agreement with them to hold matches. He added that stadium will be ready by 2011 and it will hold T-20 and one-day international matches. Initially the spectator capacity at the stadium will be 40,000 but it will be increased to 100,000 gradually. [2]