Ministry of Defence
All Women's Cricket Team Anantnag, Kashmir Visit to National Defence Academy (NDA)Khadakvasla
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12 FEB 2021 7:07PM by PIB Mumbai
Pune: 12 February 2021
A team of 14 players of All Women’s Cricket Team, Anantnag, Kashmir visited the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakvasla on 12 Feb 21. The team is visiting Pune and Mumbai from 06-15 Feb 21 as an initiative by Pune based ASEEM Foundation and Indian Army, under Op Sadbhavana, to promote sports and enhance interaction between populace from remote areas and rest of the country.
As part of their visit to Pune, the team spent a day at NDA where they were provided an overview of various activities in the Army, Navy and Air Force Training Teams as well as at the Joint Training Team. They also visited the famous Cadets’ Mess of NDA which can serve upto 2000 cadets and saw a documentary film on the brief history of NDA in Habibullah Hall.
RAdm Atul Anand, VSM, Deputy Commandant & Chief Instructor of NDA interacted with Rubia Syed (Captain) and other members of Anantnag XI team and motivated them to strive for excellence in all their future endeavours.
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