Chandigarh: Legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar’s kid Arjun will include in the 27 th All-India J P Atray memorial cricket competition starting here from September 22, arranging secretary Sushil Kapoor stated on Wednesday. The 16 groups participating in the competition have actually been drawn into 4 swimming pools of 4 sides each.
” Arjun Tendulkar(22 -year-old left-arm pacer) will be playing in the competition from the Goa Cricket Association side,” Kapoor stated at an interview. The taking part groups consist of Goa Cricket Association, Players Academy XI Delhi, HPCA, JKCA, Minerva Cricket Academy, UTCA Chandigarh, Players XI Bihar, Baroda Cricket Association, RBI Mumbai, PCA Colts and MPCA.
” We have actually had the ability to eke out a 12 days playing time incorporating 31 matches in 6 locations with the assistance and assistance of Punjab Cricket Association management, Chandigarh UT Sports Department and Haryana Sports Department,” convener of the competition Vivek Atray stated. Throughout the years, the BCCI-recognised competition has actually seen involvement of more than 100 gamers who later on have actually gone on to wear the nationwide colours.
Chander Shekhar, a previous Punjab authorities DGP and chairman of the arranging committee of the competition, stated the winners will get a prize money of Rs 2 lakh while the runners-up will get Rs 1 lakh. There will be a man-of-the-match award for each video game, he stated.
” Best batsman, finest bowler and gamer of the competition unique rewards will be offered throughout the finals,” he stated. “This is one of the most distinguished and long standing cricket competition in north India and has actually won a large honor all over the nation as being among the very best arranged occasion.”
The competition will be held at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, I S Bindra Cricket Stadium, Mohali, Sector 16 cricket arena, Chandigarh, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula and GMSS, Sector 26, Chandigarh. The finals will be used October 3 at Mohali.
With PTI inputs