California Cricket Academy
The California Cricket Academy is a non-profit organization founded in Cupertino, California by Hemant and Kinjal Buch. In recent years , it has had up to 200 youth players aged 9 to 17.
The academy is famous for being one of the first youth cricket developments in the United States. It also held the first National Junior Cricket Tournament in the United States in June 2006, working with USACA.
The tournament included teams from all across the nation, with teams from as far as the East coast (Piscataway, New Jersey). It also had teams from Chicago and many other parts of the United States.
Participants in the academy have also been coached by famous people including Larry Gomes and Ajit Tendulkar, brother of famous cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Renowned wicket-keeper Farokh Engineer and Imran Khan have visited the academy.
Senior Participants Include:
- Varun Valluri (captain U-17)
- Gaurav Ambekar (captain U-17)
- Vinay Suri (captain U-17)
- Arsh Buch(Son of founder)
- Akash Jagannathan
- Pranay Suri
- Deep Sathe
- Mihir Deo
- Kapil Talwalkar
- Raman Nelakanti
- Ankit Dubey
- Navneet Waraich
- Kabir Chawla
- Adhiraj Watave
- Saurabh Deo
- Balaji Giridharan
- Zach Zadoo
The senior players listed above and some junior players took part in the 2007 Keypoint Tournament. This tournament is a yearly event that takes place in Cupertino, Santa Clara, and Gilroy, CA. Each year newer participants take part in CCA tournaments. CCA grooms athletes into young men and women and also fine sportsman.