New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- From 40 acres of land lying idle to a sprawling, state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence (CoE), the transformation of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)'s premier cricketing facility stands as a testament to the vision and determined efforts of former BCCI Secretary Jay Shah and the organisation's leadership.

As the Centre of Excellence approaches its second anniversary, BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia recalled Shah's pivotal role in bringing the ambitious project to fruition, highlighting his efforts to bring all stakeholders onto the same page and ensure that the project moved forward on a war footing.

"He took everybody on board in the BCCI's Apex Council and made a firm decision that this establishmen...