Buchi Babu Memorial Event to get underway on August 15

The Tamil Nadu Cricket Affiliation will conduct the Take Sports activities-All India Buchi Babu Invitational match from August 15 to September 11 at Natham (Dindigul), Salem, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli.

Twelve groups, together with the TNCA President’s XI and TNCA XI, will take part within the match. The groups are drawn into 4 teams of three, with the toppers qualifying for the semifinals.

Tirunelveli will host the primary semifinal, whereas Natham will host the opposite semifinal and the summit conflict.

The matches shall be performed in a four-day format, making it a helpful preparation for the Ranji Trophy. The winner will take residence Rs 3 Lakhs, and the runner-up Rs 2 lakhs. Madhya Pradesh is the defending champion, beating Delhi within the remaining final 12 months. 

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The match shall be comprised of 10 state-based sides — Madhya Pradesh (defending champion), Jharkhand, Railways, Gujarat, Mumbai, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Chattisgarh, Hyderabad and Baroda — apart from two native groups — TNCA President’s XI and TNCA XI.

The match was once a season opener in Indian home cricket and all Check stars would flip up initially of the season.

It misplaced its sheen in recent times failing to draw huge names. The final gamers amongst those that performed whereas nonetheless being India captains have been Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Mohammad Azharuddin. Even Sourav Ganguly, who was dropped by the then India head coach Greg Chappell, had performed Buchi Babu throughout his comeback path in mid 2000s.

Nonetheless, India T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav will play a recreation for Mumbai within the upcoming version.

(With inputs from PTI)