The first All-India T-20 Cricket Tournament (Shivpuri Trophy) 2017 will begin on February 20. The tournament is being organised the Sport and Youth Welfare Department at Shivpuri.
The cricket teams from across the country are participating in the tournament. Teams from New Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, Shivpuri Eleven and Madhya Pradesh Cricket Academy are participating.
Notably, the tournament is being organised by Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia to give a sturdy platform to the cricket players and to boost the sportsmanship among the players.
The winning team of the tournament will be given the prize money of Rs 1 lakh. Besides, the runner-up team will be given the prize money of Rs 75,000.
Divisional Sports and Youth Welfare officer MK Dhoulpuri informed that the entire preparations of the first ever T-20 Cricket Tournament are completed. He further informed that during the tournament two matches will be played each day.
The first match will be played starting from 9:30 am t0 12:00 noon and the second match will be played from 1:00 pm till 4:00 pm.
Elaborating further he said that the participating teams have been divided into two groups and matches of each group will be played on league basis.
Top teams will enter semi-final and all matches will be played as per the international game rules.
The team of Madhya Pradesh Cricket Academy is being trained by academy’s technical councilor, International cricket player and player of 1983 world champion cricket team Madan lal.