Ace Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan will inaugurate Suresh Agrawal Memorial Hira Corporate Cup Night Cricket Tournament here at Sports Complex’s ground on Wednesday.
As many as 32 teams will participate in the event to be held by Hira Sports and Cultural Wing, a press release issued here on Tuesday stated.First match of the tournament will be played between Core Corporate and Kedia Steel at 5 pm on Wednesday while the final match will be played on December 19.
Tanmay Bose and Vinod Pillai from the Organising Committee said that the tournament will be played on knockout basis, for which, all 32 teams have been divided into 8 groups.As many as 55 matches will be played to decide winner and runner-up of the tournament.Out of these matches, league matches will be of 12 overs, quarter final and semi final matches will be of 15 overs and the final will be a 20 over match.
One match will be played on the very first day while the remaining tournament will witness 4 matches each day, except Sunday as five matches will be played on this day.The winner team will be awarded with cash prize of Rs1.51 lakh while the runner-up team will be given away cash prize of Rs75,000 and running shield.
The best player of the tournament will be felicitated with Rs21,000 and cup while the best bowler and batsman will be given away Rs16,000 each.The player to hit maximum 4s and 6s will be awarded with cash prize of Rs5000 each and cup while the player emerged as man of the match in the final match will be awarded with Rs5000 and cup.
The teams divided in different groups — Core Corporate, HDFC, l&T Finance limited and Kedia Steel in group A, Reliance Joy, Axis Bank, Shrisiddhi Vinayak Ventures and Infinity Services in group B, ACC, Bank of India, Bhilai Engineering and Shivnath Hyundai in group C, Jaiswal Nikko, IDBI, Sky Auto Mobiles and Magma Finance in group D, Idea Cellular, Indusind Bank, Shri Nakoda Ispat and Jamul Sports Club in group E, Ecopel, Kotak Mahindra, RMC Reddy Mix and Vijay Transmission in group F, Dynamic Equipments, Jai Ambe Wires, Shri Medishine Hospital and Jindal Steel & Power in group G, Sharda Energy, Jaika Automobiles, Jyoti Structure and State Bank of India in group H.