Prithvi
10 years at Planetcricket
The Deodhar Trophy has undergone numerous changes as per what the latest press conference said. The major change what it saw was the allowance of 3 overseas players per squad and 2 on field, because BCCI felt that the this tournament deserved some hype and playing some big names can help it in achieve that. It is also understood that BCCI has created a window for this among themselves, so that all the main players of Team India take part in it. The Idea of Invitational team was pulled out because of allowance of overseas players in squads.
This time, five team play the Deodhar Trophy (North Zone, East Zone, South Zone, West Zone and Central Zone). It is also interesting to know that the tournament has been rescheduled to the time Dussehera takes place in India considering that its a week holiday for almost all people. Its a single round robin, with the top team making it into final and second and third placed teams fight for the final spot in preliminary final.
Schedule:
Opening Ceremony at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Southern SteelMen Home Ground)
Match 1: Western Wranglers v Central Crusaders at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Match 2: Eastern Mustangs v Northern Storm at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Match 3: Eastern Mustangs v Western Wranglers at JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi
Match 4: Northern Storm v Southern SteelMen at Feroz Shah Kotla Maidan, Delhi.
Match 5: Central Crusaders v Southern SteelMen at Holkar Stadium, Indore
Match 6: Western Wranglers v Northern Storm at VCA Stadium, Nagpur.
Match 7: Northern Storm v Central Crusaders at PCA Stadium, Mohali
Match 8: Southern SteelMen v Eastern Mustangs at M.Chinnaswami Stadium, Bengaluru.
Match 9: Central Crusaders v Eastern Mustangs at Rajkot.
Match 10: Southern SteelMen v Western Wranglers at M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Preliminary Final: Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune.
Final: Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad.
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