The Prestigious 42nd Thane Vaibhav Inter Corporate Cricket tournament 2017 begins…
Into the 42 year since its inception, Thane Vaibhav Inter Office Tournament has been a huge success since last 4 decades. It is full of exciting matches and great individual performances. Over the years, some exciting matches and great individual performances have come out from this tournament.
The tournament kickstarted from 17th of January as declared by the organizer Prabhakar Gujarathi and it has been affiliated with the Mumbai Cricket Association(MCA). The best part of this tournament is that any corporate teams can participate (the entry fee for each team is Rs 6000/-). The only criteria being that the teams & players have to be registered with the MCA. Also the players should be working for the respective corporate teams they are playing for and should have their individual PF number. 2 scholarship players which are registered under MCA are allowed in every team.
The tournament is divided into 3 groups namely Group “A” “B” & “C”. Group A & B have 8 teams while group C has 13 teams which have been allotted in lots. Also all the matches of this tournament will be conducted on Central Maidan Thane & Dadoji Kondadev Stadium. Each match conducted will be a limited 35 overs game where both the teams have to share the umpire charges, scorer charges and the ball fees.
In total there will be 26 matches in the tournament where 6 will be played at Central Maidan and the rest 20 matches at the Dadoji stadium. The 1st match will be between Akumentis Vs Mukund & it will be an exciting encounter to start with!
Cricketgraph certainly wishes all the teams all the luck to win the tournament and also provide some great matches and entertainment ahead.