Royal Cricket Association, Dr Sandeep Shinde’s Babuji Foundation and Hajiyani Zubeda Abdul Razzak Charitable Trust will be conducting the 9th edition of Royal Premier Cricket League (RPCL) from January 22 at Mecosabagh Methodist School ground in Kadbi Chowk. The Vidarbha-level tournament will be inaugurated January 22 by Vidarbha’s and Rajasthan Royals’ new sensation Shubham Dubey. S & S Study Circle, Barde Group, Shivshakti Group, Shalom Sports Academy, Siddharth classes have also come forward to make this tournament a grand success. Top 32 teams, including from Gondia and Ballarshah, have confirmed their entries for the tournament. The tournament will be played in league-cum knock-out basis.

 

 

Teams are divided into eight groups. Top two teams will make it to the knock-out rounds. The tournament carries a total prize money of Rs 5 lakh with the winner getting richer by Rs 2 lakh and a glittering trophy. The runners-up team will get Rs 1 lakh and a trophy, informs Irfan Razzak, Secretary, Royal Cricket Association. Man of the series will get an EV Bike. Apart from these, man of the match awards in every game, other individual awards along with cash prizes will also be given. Daily five matches will be played under lights. A managing committee has been formed for the smooth conduct of the tournament, adds Razzak. Mohd Asif Rangoonwala, Mohd Sameer Rangoonwala, Sunny Dudani, Kunal Bhumralkar, Rohit Kaishalwar, Rajan Nair, Vinay Amrute, Sharad Padhye, Surendra Arora, Vikas Vaswani, Sudhir Manwatkar, Adv Syed Foorqan Rezvi, Piyush Shende, Sharad Parashar, Ashfaq Bera, Bunty Pathak, Irshad Sheikh, Harish Rughwani, Onkar Singh Rajput, Abid Bera, Bharat Diwan, Rinku Digwah, Dheeraj Dongre and others are working hard for the success of the tournament.