Vadodara: After years of delay, the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) is inching close to the international cricket stadium project.The association that had invited two firms to make presentation for the project feasibility has finalized one IL&FS to conduct the feasibility study at Kotambi on Halol Road, where the stadium is proposed to come up.BCA sources said that the stadium committee appointed to work on the project is in favour of IL&FS. “This firm is reputed and has good experience too. After lot of discussion, the committee has decided to propose the name of IL&FS for conducting the feasibility study,” said a BCA official. Last week, VMS and IL&FS had made presentations before the stadium committee.“IL&FS has an experience of conducting the feasibility study and building a cricket stadium in Thiruvananthpuram. They even got all the approvals for the stadium from the International Cricket Council (ICC). This firm is currently maintaining the cricket stadium in Dehradun and is a partner in the GIFT City, Gandhinagar,” the official added. The stadium committee will now forward its decision to the managing committee that will take a final call.When contacted, BCA treasurer Amul Jikar said, “We cannot reveal the decision of the stadium committee as it is confidential. The managing committee will take decision about hiring the firm.” He refused to comment further.The association had acquired 74 bighas of land in Kotambi in 2013 but the stadium project got delayed due to the NA permission, which the BCA finally got last year. The managing committee then passed a resolution to build cricket stadium in Kotambi in January this year.BCA plans to build a state-of- art cricket stadium with a capacity of more than 40,000 spectators along with big dressing rooms and other sporting facilities for the players.

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