Duleep Trophy to kick-start India’s home cricket season, Ranji Trophy from December 13

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Duleep Trophy to kick-start India’s home cricket season, Ranji Trophy from December 13

Duleep Trophy will mark the beginning of India’s home cricket season, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced on Monday.

Over 1500 matches shall be held in the course of the full-fledged season that may start within the first week of September 2022 and run till mid-March 2023. The 2022-23 season may also see a return of the Irani Cup.

The Duleep Trophy shall be performed from September 8 to September 25, and will probably be contested between six zones (North, South, Central, West, East and Northeast) on a knockout foundation. It shall be adopted by the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The two white-ball tournaments shall be contested between 38 groups break up into three teams of 8 groups and two teams comprising seven groups.

The Ranji Trophy shall be performed from December 13 to February 20. The groups shall be divided into two classes; 1) Elite and a couple of) Plate. The Elite Group will comprise 32 groups and could have 4 teams of 8 groups in a house and away format with every crew enjoying 7 matches within the league stage. The prime two groups from every of the 4 teams will immediately qualify for the quarterfinals.

BCCI’s home schedule for 2022-23. (Twitter/BCCI)

The Plate Group will comprise 6 groups with 15 league matches and the highest 4 will immediately qualify for the semi-final whereas the underside two will play in opposition to one another for the fifth/sixth place.

The ladies’s calendar begins with the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy beginning on October 11 and concluding on November 5. It will then be adopted by the Senior Women’s Inter-zonal T20 and T20 Challenger. The 50-over format will then take over with Senior Women’s one-day Trophy and the inter-zonal one-day.

The Senior Women’s Interzonal T20 and one-day have been re-introduced this season. For the primary time, a one-day event for women U-16 degree shall be performed. The competitors will assist the women get a really feel of aggressive cricket at a younger age and assist them make a smoother transition to the U-19 degree. It shall be performed between December 26 to January 3.

Since South Africa may also host the inaugural ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in January, the ladies’s U19 T20 Trophy and Women’s U-19 T20 Challenger have been scheduled from October 1 to November 7.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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