Sahara BCCI Corporate Cup

The 12-team tournament, aiming at reviving the waning corporate interest in the game, will be held in four venues across the country - Mohali, Vishakhapatnam, Dharamsala and Bangalore.

Most of the Indian cricketers, including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will be seen in action during the one-day tournament to be held from September 1-8.

Former India captain Rahul Dravid, speaking on behalf of the cricketers, lauded the BCCI's initiative to conduct such a tournament and termed it a "great step in reinvigorating" corporate interest in the game of cricket.

The participating teams are Indian Revenue, ITC, Air India - Blue, BPCL, MRF, ONGC, AIPSSPB, Tata Sports Club, Indian Oil, Air India-Red, India Cements and BSNL.

The fixtures :

Companies mate. It has been made to revive the corporate interest in the game. It is a replacement for the domestic 50 over competition i.e. the Duleep Trophy.

You could say so milks. The Duleep Trophy has been one of the oldes domestic tournaments in Indian cricket and it was removed to make space for the IPL. Lets see how this Corporate Cup goes.




Edited by dips_december - 31 August 2009 at 12:18pm