The 22nd edition of OCW-SJAN Inter-Press Invitational Twenty-20 Cricket tournament, organized by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Orange City Water (OCW) and HCL, will be held from February 5 to 27.
In all, nine teams are participating in the tourney and they have been equally divided in three groups.
Group ‘A’ include defending champions The Times of India, Dainik Bhaskar and Punya Nagari. The Group ‘B’ consists of last year’s runners-up Lokmat, Sakal and Deshonnati, while Hitavada, Loksatta-Indian Express and Tarun Bharat are clubbed in Group ‘C’.
Top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super Six stage. The league matches will be played at the Vasant Nagar ground and from February 15, the Super Six matches, semifinals and final will be played at the Ambedkar College ground.
In the opening match, defending champions Times of India will face Punya Nagari on Wednesday at the Vasant Nagar ground at 9 am.
White balls sponsored by Sports Link will be used in the tournament. On Tuesday, OCW and HCL officials will distribute the playing kit to all the nine teams at the SJAN office, Vivekanand Nagar, at 10 am.
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