No player from outside the State would be allowed to participate in the Himalayan Premier league (HPl) cricket tournament. The event would start on October 22. The league is being organised by the Himalayan Cricket Academy. The director of the HPl Deshraj Negi said that ten franchises from different part of the State would participate in the event. He informed that prize money of Rs 7 lakh would be awarded to the winning team while runners up team would be given a cash amount of Rs 5 lakh. Negi said that the HPl would be first of its kind event in the State where only players of the State would be allowed to participate. He said that the objective of the tournament is to promote budding cricketers of the State.
The organisers claimed that celebrity cricketer Virendra Sehwag is expected to take part in the inaugural ceremony. All matches would be played at the ground of the academy at Kuanwala in Dehradun.