GR Vishwanath, vice-president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association and chairman of the Karnataka State Cricket Academy, inaugurated the academy on November 1, 2001. Brijesh Patel, secretary of the KSCA, and KM Ramprasad, president of the KSCA & vice-president of the Board for Control of Cricket in India, presided over the function.

PR Ashokanand was named vice-chairman of the academy, and V Jagannath was named director. Raghuram Bhat was appointed chief coach, while PV Shashikanth and Avinash Vaidya were appointed assistant coaches.

The KSCA also named its under-22 team for the upcoming match against Andhra Pradesh.

The team: SP Shinde (captain), KS Ponnappa, Aditya Mishra, DA Chougule, PS Rathore, AV Sandeep, Subramanya Sharma, SS Kumar, A Sheriff, SV Lazarus, H Vinay Kumar, NC Aiyappa, C Raghu, NT Pinto, BM Rowland, DT Patil (wicket-keeper) Coach: H Surendra Manager: B Siddarama

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